Srinagar: On the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and People’s Democratic Party Chief Mehbooba Mufti today said she has been put under house arrest along with other senior leaders of her party. Her party members were “illegally detained” in police stations after a midnight crackdown, she alleged.
Farooq Abdullah-led Jammu & Kashmir National Conference also tweeted saying their office has been sealed.
“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,” Ms Mufti tweeted, along with visuals of the locked gate of her house.
She said on one hand, giant hoardings calling upon Kashmiris to “celebrate” the abrogation of Article 370 have been put up across Srinagar, “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,” the former chief minister said in another tweet.
