The separatist leaders were being held under a controversial law that allows for suspects to be held for up to two years without charge
Indian authorities on Thursday extended the detention of two separatist leaders in the disputed Kashmir region, police said, holding them under a controversial law that allows for suspects to be held for up to two years without charge.
Police detained Yasin Malik, the chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front and one of the most influential separatist leaders in Kashmir, and Zahid Ali, a spokesman for the recently banned Jamaat-e-Islami party, days after the attack. Jamaat-e-Islami said last week it had not done anything to invite the ban. The group could not be reached for comment on Thursday.
A JKLF spokesman condemned the “arbitrary arrest” and the use of the public safety act against Malik, calling it a “glaring display of frustration” of Indian authorities.
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