Farooq Abdullah gets 3 more months under PSA

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday extended the Public Safety Act (PSA) on former chief minister Farooq Abdullah by three more months.
A government official said that Abdullah was booked for another three months under PSA, till March 31, 2020, based on the reports from the intelligence and police departments.
Farooq Abdullah, CM of J&K for four times and an MP thrice, currently represents the Srinagar constituency in the Lok Sabha and is the chairman of the National Conference.He was detained following the revocation of Article 370 and 35-A on August 5, 2019.
Farooq Abdullah will continue to remain in a private house at Gupkar Road, which was declared a sub-jail, the official said.
The district magistrate of Srinagar invoked the PSA on Farooq Abdullah for the first time on September 17, hours before the Supreme Court was to hear a petition by MDMK leader Vaiko, who claimed that Farooq Abdullah was detained illegally.
Farooq Abdullah is one of only three former chief ministers to have been booked under PSA, the other two being his son, Omar Abdullah, and Mehbooba Mufti, the president of PDP. Both Omar and Mehbooba have been in detention in Srinagar since August 5, 2019.
Notably, 31 more politicians of various political parties, apart from Sajjad Gani Lone, chairman of People's Conference, have been booked under Section 107 CrPC and lodged in the Srinagar MLA hostel.
The authorities released two politicians, Hakeem Mohammad Yasin and Ashraf Mir, former ministers, from custody three weeks ago while Ghulam Hassan Mir, also under house arrest, was released along with Hakeem and Ashraf.