23 ‘subversive components’ booked under PSA in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday invoked Public Safety Act (PSA) towards 23 “subversive and criminal elements inimical to the security of the nation” in Srinagar alone.“The terror associates of proscribed terror outfits were involved in subversive activities and miscreants were involved in public disturbance,” police stated. They have been lodged in the district jails of Poonch, Udhampur and Kot Balwal Jammu.Jammu and Kashmir PSA is a preventive detention laws that enables authorities to detain an individual with out conviction for as much as two years if deemed a menace to public order or nationwide safety. The legislation has been retained after the difference and extension of central legal guidelines to Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370.“J&K Police have been systematically targeting and dismantling anti-national and anti-social infrastructure in Srinagar through its relentless crackdown,” a police assertion stated.Meanwhile, Special Investigation Agency performed raids at round 11 places throughout central and northern Kashmir. “Substantial incriminating materials have been seized and the suspects rounded up for questioning,” the company stated.