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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)Â claimed that its three senior leaders were detained on Monday, December 21, a day before the counting of votes in the District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Taking to Twitter, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said three senior leaders of the party Sartaj Madni, Mansoor Hussain and Naeem Akhtar â were arbitrarily detained .
While Madni and Hussain were detained earlier in the day, Akhtar was taken into custody late in the evening.
However, officials here neither confirmed nor denied the detention of the PDP leaders.
No rule of law in J&K, says Mehbooba as 2 PDP leaders detained
Mon, Dec 21 2020 04:58:52 PM
Srinagar, Dec 21 (IANS): Two senior PDP were detained on Monday by a central agency for questioning in a money laundering case, evoking sharp reaction from party chief Mehbooba Mufti who claimed there was no rule of law in Jammu and Kashmir.
Reports here said that officials of the investigating agency detained Sartaj Madni, who is also a maternal uncle of Mehbooba Mufti, and Peerzada Mansoor Hussain in Anantnag district.
Reacting sharply, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief tweeted: Total lawlessness as PDP s Sartaj Madni and Mansoor Hussain were 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 and out Gunda Raj.
Mehbooba took to Twitter twitter informing that duo including his Uncle have been detained.
She stated that there is no rule of law anywhere in Jammu and Kashmir, adding that ‘it is out and 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,” she tweeted.
Meanwhile, PDP in a statement has condemned the arrest of its two senior leaders-Mohammad Sartaj Madani and Peerzada Mansoor Hussain Sohrawardhy, terming the detention of duo as an extreme case of political vengeance and vendetta.
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DDC Election Results: J&K authorities detain 20 political leaders
India
Updated: Monday, December 21, 2020, 23:32 [IST]
Srinagar, Dec 21: 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, including three senior PDP functionaries.
PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti described the detention of her party leaders as out and out Gunda Raj and accused the BJP of planning to manipulate the results.
Mehbooba Mufti
Officials said the authorities took 20 leaders, including Sartaj Madni, Mansoor Hussain and Naeem Akhtar of the PDP, into preventive custody during the day.