On Monday, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference Chief Farooq Abdullah, so far under house arrest, was booked under the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA).
This comes an about month after political leaders in the state were placed under preventive detention, after the abrogation of Article 370, granting special status to the erstwhile state.
In 1978, the Public Safety Act had promoted, allows the imprisonment of a person for up to 2 years without a trial, if he or she is perceived as a threat to national security.
Union home minister Amit Shah claimed in the Parliament that the NC leader missed the session of his own volition, while Abdullah has been under house arrest since 5 August. The restive state remains under lockdown after the Centre in August revoked its special status, integrating it more closely with the rest of the country, while also bifurcating it into two union territories.
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