Srinagar, Mar 11 (KNS): Central government on Wednesday stated that 396 persons have been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) out of total 451 detained in Jammu and Kashmir, adding 7357 individuals were taken into preventive custody since August 2019, when Union Government scrapped J&K’s special status under Article 370 and divided it into two Union Territories – J&K and Ladakh.
According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), MoS for Home Affairs G Kishen Reddy said in the Rajya Sabha in reply to a question by Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
“After scrapping Article 370 on August 5, 2019 7357 persons have been detained while maintaining law and order situation in the region. Also 396 persons were booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) which includes three former chief ministers – Dr Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti and others”, Reddy said. (KNS).