Sehraie Sons, Arrested Not Booked Under PSA
SRINAGAR: The arrest of the two sons of Mohammad Ashraf Sehrie has triggered a sort of serious controversy in Kashmir. After Mehbooba Mufti, PDP president, tweeted about the arrest, the police in Kupwara had to issue a correction asserting they were not booked under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.
Seharie’s sons – Mujahid Sehrai and Rashid Sehra, were arrested from their Srinagar residence last night. They were basically arrested by Kupwara police for a case that was registered against a score odd people on May 6, when Seharie was lowered in his grave at Teakipora. Sehraie was in jail when he died and the family had alleged serious compromise with his health by the jail authorities.
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The main entrance to the Central Jail Srinagar,, Kashmir’s major jailing facility.
Famous among separatists for his “flawless” oration, Muhammad Ashraf Khan, Sehrai, 77, languishing under Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) in Udhampur jail, is dead.
On May 4, when Mujahid Ashraf Khan, his son, received a call from jail authorities about the deteriorating health of his father and asking him to come over to Jammu, he would have never imagined that he would return with his father’s coffin.
That day, Sehrai had been admitted to a government hospital in Udhampur with multiple ailments. A day later, however, his oxygen levels dropped, deteriorating his condition further. He was also tested for Covid19 positive and it initially was negative. Post-death, authorities declared him Covid19 “positive”.
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627 persons were detained at various points of time in J-K since August 2019: Govt in Lok Sabha ANI | Updated: Mar 10, 2021 07:08 IST
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): Union Home Ministry on Tuesday told Lok Sabha that since August 2019, 627 persons including separatists, overground workers, stone pelters were detained at various points of time in Jammu and Kashmir. Out of these, based on regular review and ground situation, 454 persons have been released till date, the ministry added.
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has further reported that no person is under home arrest under Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.
The Central government on Tuesday said that terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir has reduced significantly after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019 and only 594 terrorist incidents were reported in 2019 and 244 in 2020 and a total of 15 such incidents were reported up to Feb 20.
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