Updated Feb 20, 2021 | 13:04 IST
National Conference leader Hilal Lone has been arrested under the UAPA for allegedly delivering a hate speech at a rally during last year s district development council elections in Bandipora. Hilal Lone | Photo Credit: Times Now
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Hilal Lone was arrested from the MLA hostel where he was being held captive since December last year
He was booked under various sections of the UAPA
He had made a speech during the public rally while campaigning in the DDC polls in Hajin last year
New Delhi: Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah slammed the Centre after National Conference leader Hilal Lone was booked under UAPA for hate speech.
NC leader arrested under UAPA for hate speech last year: Police
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Hilal Lone, the son of NC s Member of Parliament Mohammad Akbar Lone, was arrested on Monday from the MLA hostel in Srinagar where he was being held captive since December last year, the official said.
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SRINAGAR: National Conference leader Hilal Lone has been arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly delivering a hate speech at a rally during last year s district development council elections in Bandipora, a senior police official said on Tuesday.
Lone, the son of NC s Member of Parliament Mohammad Akbar Lone, was arrested on Monday from the MLA hostel here where he was being held captive since December last year, the official said.
(MENAFN - Kashmir Observer) Srinagar- National Conference leader Hilal Lone has been arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly delivering a hate speech at a rally during last year s district development council elections in Bandipora, a senior police official said on Tuesday.
Lone, the son of NC s Member of Parliament Mohammad Akbar Lone, was arrested on Monday from the MLA hostel here where he was being held captive since December last year, the official said.
He was booked under various sections of the UAPA in an FIR registered at a police station in Hajin in north Kashmir s Bandipora district.