New Delhi / Srinagar. The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered the release of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti from custody. She was under custody under the Public Safety Act (PSA) for over a year. The Civil Secretariat of the State Home Department said in its letter that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba has been ordered to be released from custody with immediate effect. They are ‘exempted from the restrictions imposed under Section 19 (1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.’
Mehbooba was taken into preventive custody on August 5 last year at the behest of the central government at the time of partitioning the two parts of the state.
Former Chief Ministers Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah have expressed happiness over the release of the former Chief Minister.
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