Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Wednesday said the government is resorting to political vendetta by continuously detaining Muslim League chairman Masarat Alam Bhat who was slapped with 31st Public Safety Act (PSA) since 1991.
Geelani said the government has no justification for prolonging Alams detention period who has not committed any crime. On December 1, authorities slapped fresh Public Safety Act on Masarat Alam who is presently languishing in Kot Bhalwal Jail, he said.
Court this year ordered shifting of Masarat to a Srinagar jail. However government snubbed the court directive and illegally detained Masarat in Kot Balwal jail.
His (Alams) only crime is that he fights for right to self-determination of Jammu and Kashmir. Authorities released him in March after a gap of five years but was arrested shortly for raising slogans in April, he said.
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