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Srinagar, August 5: On the 5th anniversary of abrogation of Article 370, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders have been put under house arrest by Jammu and Kashmir police including former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
Mufti informed about her house arrest on Twitter and said that many other party leaders have also been arrested.
“I’ve been put under house arrest along with other senior PDP leaders today. This comes after a midnight crackdown where scores of my party men are illegally detained in police stations. GOIs false claims about normalcy to the SC stands exposed by theirs actions driven by paranoia. @barandbench @LiveLawIndia,” she wrote.
She alleged that police has detained PDP leaders as well.
“Why is @JmuKmrPolice detaining PDP leaders on the eve of 5th August? Arif Laigroo has been taken by the police in this video. BJP is given a free run to carry out the tamasha of celebrating illegal abrogation of Article 370 in Srinagar. All this is being done to hoodwink the public opinion in the country. Just goes on to expose the facade of normalcy – a fake narrative to justify their illegal actions. @manojsinha_ @AmitShah,” she wrote last night.
On arrest of PDP leaders, Mehbooba hoped that Supreme Court will take cognizance.
“On one hand, giant hoardings calling upon Kashmiris to ‘celebrate’ the illegal abrogation of Article 370 have been put up across Srinagar. Whereas brute force is being used to choke the actual sentiment of the people. Hope the Hon’ble SC takes cognisance of these developments at a time when Article 370 has come up for hearing,” she added.
