Srinagar, August 05, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the authorities have booked over 2,300 people in more than 1,200 cases under the unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and 954 people under the Public Safety Act (PSA) since 2019, says a media report. Indian English daily, the Indian Express in a report said that of those detained under PSA, 46% of them are still in different jail of IIOJK and India.

The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, prescribes up to seven years imprisonment for “advocating, abetting, advising or inciting the commission of any unlawful activity” while as PSA, a presumptive detention law allows detention without formal charges or a trial for up to two years.

As per the report, in 2019, 699 people were detained under PSA, and 160 people in 2020. In 2021, 95 people were detained under PSA till July-end. Of these, 284 continue to remain under detention, the report quoting the official police data said.

In the first 30 days after the abrogation of the special status on 5 August 2019, at least 290 people were booked under PSA among whom 250 people booked under this law were from Kashmir according to the government sources, as per the newspaper.

As per the report, out of the total 2,364 people arrested under UAPA, 918 were held in 437 cases in 2019, 953 people in 557 cases in 2020, and 493 in 257 cases till July-end this year (249 cases in Kashmir, 26 in Jammu). Among these, 1,100 continue to remain in custody, it further added.

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