Omar Abdullah calls for immediate release of others in preventive detention
The HinduFormer Chief Minister and National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah, who was released on Tuesday from a Srinagar sub-jail after 232 days, demanded the release of other detainees in Jammu and Kashmir and called for a joint fight against COVID-19. Mr. Abdullah was detained on August 5 last ahead of the Centre's decision to revoke J&K’s special status and later booked under the Public Safety Act and kept in the Hari Niwas sub-jail. Tarigami said Mr. Abdullah’s release was a step to correct one wrong among many wrongs. “The government should release all, including PDP's Mufti and J&K People's Movement chief Dr. Shah Faesal,” he said. Recently floated J&K Apni Party chief Altaf Bukhari welcomed Mr. Abdullah’s release, saying: “it will help in creating conducive political atmosphere.” Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed satisfaction over his release.