Mehbooba Mufti: India frees top Kashmir politician after 14 months
- Update Time : Wednesday, October 14, 2020
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Former chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has been freed by Indian authorities, more than a year after her detention.
She was detained on August 5 last year, when the Indian government stripped the region of its partial autonomy.
She was put under house arrest under a controversial law that allows detention without charge for up to two years.
Her daughter had filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging her mother’s detention.
Two other former chief ministers, Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah, were also released in March, BBC reported.
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