Srinagar/April,7 : PDP President Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter Iltija Mufti on Tuesday said People detained since last year in Kashmir deserve to be released as their “incarceration” even in times of a global pandemic “undermines our democratic credentials”.
Iltija’s remarks came after her mother detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), was shifted to her official residence that has been converted into a subsidiary jail where she would continue to be in detention.“All Kashmiris illegally detained since 5th August deserve freedom.Their continued incarceration even in times of a global pandemic undermines our democratic credentials. Nevertheless, I’d like to thank everyone for their support and good wishes,” Iltija wrote on her mother’s Twitter handle.
She has been tweeting from Mehbooba’s handle ever since the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was put under detention in August last year. Mehbooba was detained on August 5 last year when the Centre abrogated the special status of the erstwhile state and divided it into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh
