New Delhi: At least five political leaders, who were detained for the past four months, have been released by Jammu and Kashmir administration. According to reports, the leaders were detained at an MLA hostel in Srinagar. Among those who have been released by the state administration are — two former PDP legislators, two former National Conference legislators and one former Independent legislator.
The released leaders are PDP leaders Zahoor Mir and Bashir Ahmad Mir, National Conference leader Ghulam Nabi Bhat and former Independent legislator Yasir Reshi.
More than 30 leaders, including National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah, PDP supremo Mehbooba Mufti have been in detention since August 4, 2019, a day before the central government abrogated Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and divided the state into two union territories.
The release of the leaders is seen as Jammu and Kashmir administration’s move to bring back normalcy in Kashmir.