Mehbooba Mufti detained in Delhi over protest against eviction drive in J&K

New Delhi, Feb 08 (KNS): People's Democratic Party president Mehboob Mufti was on Wednesday detained during a protest here over ongoing eviction drive across Jammu and Kashmir. 


Reports reaching news agency KNS said Mehbooba Mufti was detained in Delhi today after she tried to hold a protest over ongoing anti-encroachment drive across Jammu and Kashmir. 

Notably, Jammu and Kashmir administration has launched an eviction drive to retrieve state and kahcharai land, which has been illegally occupied. 

The move by the administration has evoked massive criticism from the local political parties accusing the government of using bulldozers to snatch land, livelihood and shelter from poor and maginalised. (KNS)

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