New Delhi: Shah Faesal, the Indian Administrative Service topper from Jammu and Kashmir whose detention soon after the scrapping of special status to the state triggered outrage, has been detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) that allows detention without trial for up to three months and multiple extensions.
Mr Faesal now joins a long list of leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, including former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who have been charged under the PSA. Others who have been charged under the PSA are Farooq Abdullah, Ali Mohammed Sagar, Naeem Akhtar, Sartaj Madani and Hilal Lone.
Mr Faesal, who announced his intention to join politics last year, was detained at Delhi airport on August 14, a week after the centre scrapped special status to Jammu and Kashmir, as he was about to fly abroad. He was sent back to Srinagar, and detained since.
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