Five detained Kashmiri leaders sign bond to secure release: Cops

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Five detained Kashmiri leaders sign bond to secure release: Cops

The government-owned Centaur Hotel in Srinagar was turned into a subsidiary jail, and as of now, at least 36 leaders

Friday September 20, 2019 8:34 PM, ummid.com News Network

Srinagar: Senior separatist leader and Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is among five of the detained leaders who have furnished a bond to the authorities to seek their release, intelligence sources said.

Top intelligence sources told IANS in Srinagar, "This has happened around a fortnight back. Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is among many other detained politicians who have furnished bonds to seek their release."

The same sources said the undertaking by these politicians has stated that once released from preventive detention, the detainee would not indulge in any activity to create a law and order situation in the Valley.

According to The Hindu, those who signed the bonds besides Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, include two former legislators of the National Conference, one former legislator of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a People’s Conference leader.

Other detainees in Kashmir

Three former Chief Ministers, Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, are among nearly 40 mainstream politicians who were taken into preventive detention prior to the abrogation of Article 370 by the Parliament on August 5.

Among these detained politicians, authorities have detained Farooq Abdullah under the harsh Public Safety Act/Safety Act (PSA) that empowers the state to detain a person for a maximum period of two years without any judicial intervention. At present, PSA has been slapped on Farooq Abdullah for a period of three months.

Detentions under the PSA can only be challenged in the state high court or the Supreme Court.

The government-owned Centaur Hotel in Srinagar was turned into a subsidiary jail, and as of now, at least 36 leaders, including the former bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal, are lodged there. None of the detainees there, including Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Lone and PDP youth wing leader Waheed Para, had agreed to sign the bonds. In August, close to 3,000 detentions were made but subsequently two-thirds were released.

“So, effectively, around 1,000 persons are still detained and that includes troublemakers and habitual pelters of stones who have more than five-six cases registered against them,” The Hindu reported citing another government official.

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