Sajjad Lone, Waheed Parra released from make-shift jail in Srinagar

SRINAGAR — Two more mainstream leaders including the former minister Sajjad Gani Lone were on Wednesday afternoon released from make-shift jail, MLA hostel here and have been put under house detention.

Officials said that two leaders including former minister Sajjad Gani Lone and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed Parra have been released from MLA hostel here, adding that soon after being released, the duo has been kept under house detention at their respective houses.

They added that more leaders who are undergoing detention will be released soon.

The mainstream leaders including the three former chief ministers—Dr. Farooq Abdullah, his son Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were put under detention on August 05 last year, when the Central government abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir (Article 370) and bifurcated the erstwhile State into two Union Territories—J&K and Ladakh.

Many leaders who were detained have been released while as the government had said that all the leaders will be released in a phased manner.