IAS officer-turned politician Shah Faesel was on Saturday booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Kashmir, as his detention under Section 107 of the CRPC ended. The PSA is a 1978 Jammu and Kashmir law, often described as a draconian measure that allows authorities to detain a person for up to two years without a trial.

 

 

The JKPM leader was detained after August 5 as the government launched a crackdown against politicians following the abolition of Article 370 in J-K.

 

 

Shah Faesal has joined the list of leaders booked under the PSA in Jammu and Kashmir. Farooq Abdulla, Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, Ali Mohammad Sagar, Sartaj Madani, Hilal Lone and Nayeem Akhtar have also been booked under PSA recently.

 

 

Faesal, after the abrogation of article 370 had said, “Kashmir is experiencing an "unprecedented" lockdown and its 8 million population is incarcerated like never before”