Turning house into a ‘subsidiary jail’, Farooq Abdullah gets detained under Public Safety Act

Jammu, September 16: With chaos and questions arising about former Jammu and Kashmir’s Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah’s presence during abrogation of Article 370 in the Parliament, it has been noted that Farooq Abdullah has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA).

 

According to reports, the Union Government’s decision to detain the National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah under PSA came on Sunday night. Farooq Abdullah has now been detained under the Public Safety Act which allows the government to detain a person for up to 2 years without a trial.

Following the orders under PSA, Farooq Abdullah has been detained at his residence by the government and his house has been declared as subsidiary jail. He will continue to stay at his house. There is however no bar on meeting relatives and friends.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has sought a response from the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration on a plea seeking to produce Farooq Abdullah before the court. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices S A Bobde and S A Nazeer issued a notice to the Centre and the state. The apex court also decided to hear the plea of Rajya Sabha MP and MDMK leader Vaiko’s on September 30.

Soon after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 7, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah had not stepped out of the house and even skipped the assembly session claiming he was unwell. After Home Minister Amit Shah informed the house that Abdullah is neither arrested nor detained but had skipped Lok Sabha out of his own free will.