Mehbooba Mufti shifted to her residence while detention continues

SRINAGAR 07 April (PTK)) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, at present detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) has been shifted from a make-shift jail to her residence, officials said here on Tuesday.

The order to shift the 60-year-old Mufti, who was initially put under preventive custody from last 8 months who was booked under the stringent PSA on February 6, was issued by the Jammu and Kashmir Home department.

The order stated that she has been shifted from a subsidiary jail at Maulana Azad Road to “Fairview Gupkar Road” which is her official residence.

Before shifting her, the government accorded status of subsidiary jail to her official residence with immediate effect, it said.

Pertinently her daughter and his party leaders have been demanding her release since last several months.(PTK)