Masarat Aalam slapped with 35th PSA

Srinagar/May,9: The authorities on Tuesday slapped 35th Public Safety Act (PSA) on senior Hurriyat leader and Muslim League (ML) chairman, Masrat Aalam Bhat, and shifted him to Kot Bolwal jail in Jammu, the ML leaders said.
Legal Secretary of Muslim League, Shah Riyaz as quoted by local news gathering agency KNS said ‘ Aalam who was under detention at Baramulla sub-jail was sent to judicial remand till May 15’.
However, he said that the Baramulla police had recommended to district administration to slap PSA against him.
Riyaz said that the Deputy commissioner (DC) Baramulla following the recommendation slapped PSA against Aalam and he was shifted to Kot Bolwal Jail in Jammu. He said that it is his 35th PSA.
Militants fire at vehicle carrying two police officials
Srinagar/May,9: Militants tonight fired at a vehicle carrying two senior police officials in south Kashmir’s Shopian district but no one was hurt.
A Deputy Superintendent of Police and a Station House Officer (SHO) were travelling in the vehicle when it was targeted, a police official said.
He said the police officials were returning to Shopian town from Behibugh when the car was attacked by the militants who fled later.
No one was hurt in the firing, the official said.