Govt revokes PSA detention of 31 persons

Srinagar: Amid Coronavirus outbreak, the government has revoked detention orders of 31 persons who were languishing in different jails of J&K under the controversial Public Safety Act.
Authoritative sources told wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that Home department has revoked detention orders of 31 persons lodged in different jails of J&K. “All of them were lodged in jails of J&K,” they said, adding that 11 were lodged in Kotbhalwal jail Jammu, 14 in Central jail Srinagar, four in district jail Rajouri and two in Kathua jail.
According to sources, the list doesn’t include any prominent separatist or mainstream leader detained under the PSA after abrogation of Article 370 by the BJP-led Central government. Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, bureaucrat-turned-politician
Shah Faesal , National Conference general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, former cabinet minister Naeem Akther and three other leaders are in detention under the law after completing six months in preventive detention under the Criminal Procedure Code(CrPC).