SRINAGAR, DEC 14
The detention of the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has been extended by three months from Saturday, said a Jammu and Kashmir official source.
The three-time Chief Minister would continue to remain at his residence, which was declared as sub-jail by the authorities.
Abdullah, a five-time Parliamentarian, has been under detention since August 5 when the Centre abrogated special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state.
The stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) was first slapped against him on September 17, hours before the Supreme Court was to hear a petition by MDMK leader Vaiko who claimed that the NC leader was detained illegally.
The National Conference chairman has been booked under the ‘public order’ provision of the PSA which allows that a person can be kept inside the jail from three to six months without a trial, said officials.
