Jammu Leaders Freed From House Arrest

Amid reports of occasional ease of restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir, the state administration has lifted house arrest of political leaders from the Jammu region. The development comes nearly two months after the Centre abrogated Article 370 that granted special status to the state.

Politicians who have been freed from preventive detentionare from National Conference, Congress and Jammu and Kashmir National PanthersParty (JKNPP) and the detained leaders have been identified as Devendra Rana,SS Salathia, Raman Bhalla and Harshdev Singh.

Leaders like NCP's Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and PDPchief and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti continue toremain under house arrest.

When the curfew was imposed, all the major stakeholders inthe state were arrested with the Centre asserting that the step was mandatoryto prevent any untoward incident.