Mehbooba’s close aide shifted from jail to home detention
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Decision following the current course of apex courtroom and current state of affairs of COVID-19
Former Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Naeem Akhtar, a close aide of Mehbooba Mufti, was shifted from a Srinagar sub-jail to home detention within the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Keeping in view the recent direction of the apex court and the present situation of COVID-19 and the health issues stated by the detainee, it has been ordered to shift him from the subsidiary jail, the MLA Hostel, to his residence in Srinagar’s Humhama,” stated an order by the Executive Magistrate.
However, the Justice of the Peace directed the Station House Officer (SHO), Humhama, to make sure the detention of the detainee beneath Section 107/151 of the Cr.PC at his home.
Mr. Akhtar was arrested on December 21, 2020 forward of the outcomes of the District Development Councils and was lodged on the MLA Hostel in Srinagar. Earlier, he was arrested on August 5, 2019 and later launched after 10 months in 2020.
A PDP spokesman stated Ms. Mufti’s uncle, Sartaj Madani, who was additionally lodged within the MLA Hostel, had not been launched and would have to face solitary confinement “despite the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
PDP General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura stated the continued unlawful incarceration of political leaders regardless of the raging pandemic belittled the claims of restoration of democracy in Jammu and Kashmir trumpeted by the federal government.
“Five months ago Mr. Akhtar and Mr. Madani were arbitrarily picked up on frivolous grounds and put in jail without any rhyme and reason. Despite their old age and numerous underlying medical issues, they were kept in detention even during the raging pandemic. Even after his release from jail, Mr. Akhtar continues to be under house arrest,” Mr. Hanjura stated.
He urged launch of senior celebration chief and former celebration vice-president Mr. Madani.
“Isn’t it ironic that even after the NIA gave bail to party youth president Waheed ur Rehman Parra, its state counterpart continues to detain him under similar charges for which the NIA court has already given him the bail for. The authorities should immediately order his release and end his ordeal,” he added.
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