Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan has been rearrested in reference to a case relationship again to 2018 filed at a Police station in Srinagar.
In accordance with his household and authorized sources, quoted by The Wire, Asif Sultan, who had been underneath preventive detention since 2022 underneath the Public Security Act (PSA) in Uttar Pradesh, was introduced again to his dwelling in Batamaloo, Srinagar, solely to be arrested once more.
His detention underneath the PSA was quashed by the Jammu Kashmir Excessive Court docket in December final yr, terming it “unlawful” and the allegations towards him as “unsustainable.”
Nevertheless, his extended his reunion with the household needed to watch for over two months on account of “clearance” points from Jammu Kashmir’s House Division.
The report added that, after he returned to Srinagar, Asif was summoned to the Rainawari police station and subsequently arrested in reference to an Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA) case.
Though a court docket in Srinagar granted him bail on April 5, 2022, authorities invoked the PSA towards him, alleging involvement in militant actions.
The PSA file accused Asif, an award-winning Kashmiri journalist, of being an “over-ground employee of militants.
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