Detained under PSA, Farooq Abdullah nominated on key defence panel

Detained under stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) after being accused of having "tremendous potential to create public disorder", former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has been included in a 21-member consultative committee on defence.

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Farooq Abdullah included in key defence panel

name of 81-year-old National Conference leer, in detention at his Srinagar home for over 100 days, tops list of members of panel heed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. committee's or members include former defence minister and NCP chief Shar Pawar, according to a tification issued by Parliamentary Affairs Ministry. Also in list is controversial BJP MP Pragya Thakur, whose inclusion has been slammed by Congress party. Abdullah was detained on August 5, hours before Union government scrapped special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated state into two union territories.

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His son and former chief minister Omar Abdullah and ar ex-chief minister Mehbooba mufti were also detained along with more than 5,000 ors across state. Abdullah was slapped with stringent PSA on September 17 on eve of a Supreme Court hearing on a habeas corpus pertaining to his detention filed by MDMK leer Vaiko. National Conference chief and three-term chief minister has been booked under 'public order' provision of PSA under which a person can be kept in jail from three-six months without a trial.

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Abdullah detained under PSA

Abdullah, PSA order stated, "has tremendous potential for creating an environment of public disorder within district (Srinagar) and or parts of Valley". It also accuses him of being a person seen as fanning emotions of general masses against country.

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