J&K DDC poll counting: 20 political leaders detained, Section 144 in Poonch
J&K DDC poll counting: 20 political leaders detained, Section 144 in Poonch
A day before the counting of votes in the District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir, authorities on Monday took into preventive custody at least 20 political leaders. Meanwhile, Section 144 was imposed in Poonch after vehicles with weapons were intercepted.
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UPDATED: December 22, 2020 00:30 IST
Security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir are on high alert for the counting of votes for the eight-phase DDC polls held for the first time in the union territory. (Photo: PTI)
Hours before counting for the Jammu and Kashmir District Development Council was set to begin, local authorities detained at least 20 political leaders, including three senior PDP members.
Two Senior PDP Leaders Detained
Senior PDP Leaders Sartaj Madni and Peerzada Mansoor Hussain
PDP President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti tweeted on the development.
“Total lawlessness as PDPs Sartaj Madni & Mansoor Hussain have been arbitrarily detained today on the eve of DDC election results,” she wrote.
“Every senior police officer here is clueless as it is ‘upar say order’. No rule of law in J&K anymore. It is out & out Gunda Raj.”
Total lawlessness as PDPs Sartaj Madni & Mansoor Hussain have been arbitrarily detained today on the eve of DDC election results. Every senior police officer here is clueless as it is ‘upar say order’. No rule of law in J&K anymore. It is out & out Gunda Raj.
Mehbooba Mufti Alleges JK Police Abducted Naeem Akhter
SRINAGAR: After her two leaders detained during the day, PDP President Mehboba Mufti alleged that the Jammu and Kashmir Police have abducted another party leader Naeem Akhter. The revelation came in the following tweet.
J&K admin is on an arrest spree today. PDPs Nayeem Akhtar too has been abducted by J&K police & is being taken to MLA hostel. Looks like BJP is planning to manipulate DDC results tomorrow & don’t want any resistance. Democracy is being murdered in J&K.@manojsinha @JmuKmrPolice
During the day, the police detained Sartaj Madni and Peer Mansoor. Earlier, the NIA had the custody of her party’s youth leader Waheed Parra who is now in judicial custody.
J&K: Mehbooba Mufti says 3 PDP leaders detained ahead of DDC poll results, calls action ‘gunda raj’
The police have not disclosed the details of the case in which the detentions were made. File photo of Peoples Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti. | Fayaz Kabli/Reuters
Three Peoples Democratic Party leaders were held by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday, the outfit’s President Mehbooba Mufti tweeted. The detentions come just a day ahead of counting votes of the District Development Council elections.
On Monday morning, Mufti tweeted saying that Sartaj Madni and Mansoor Hussain were “arbitrarily detained”. Later in the evening, she informed that another leader, Nayeem Akhtar, too was held.
Mehbooba s three close aides arrested ahead of DDC poll results
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Security personnel stand guard as residents queue up to cast their votes during re-polling of DDC elections, at a booth in Poonch district on December 21, 2020.
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Mehbooba terms arrests ‘total lawlessness’
Three top Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders, who form the core group of party chief Mehbooba Mufti, were detained in Kashmir, just a day ahead of the results of the maiden District Development Council (DDC) polls.
An official said two south Kashmir-based leaders were detained in the morning and shifted to a police station in Anantnag s Bijbehara town, also the hometown of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti.