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Mehbooba Mufti has not been detained: J&K Election Commissioner

Jammu
November 28, 2020

Jammu and Kashmir state Election commissioner K.K Sharma on Friday said PDP President Mehbooba Mufti has not been detained and that Police had advised her not to undertake the journey to Pulwama in view of "security risk".
He was responding to Ms. Mufti's claim that she has been placed under house arrest by the authorities.

The former Chief Minister said she was not allowed to visit the Pulwama residence of party leader Waheed Parra who was arrested by the NIA earlier this week. She said her daughter was also put under house arrest.

On Friday afternoon, the authorities barred Ms. Mufti from holding a press conference at her residence here following which she said Kashmir was an "open air prison" where no one has the right to express their opinion.

"She has not been detained," Mr. Sharma told reporters in reply to a question about the allegation that the former Chief Minister was detained by Police to prevent her from campaigning in the upcoming District Development Council (DDC) polls.

Mr. Sharma further said she wanted to go to Pulwama and police told her it was a far off area. "Due to security risk, she (Mehbooba) was advised not to go there. She was not in detention," SEC said.