Saturday 18th Jul, 2026
Srinagar, Feb 23: (UNI) Questioning arrest of Hurriyat Conference (HC) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leaders and workers during night-long raids in the Kashmir valley, president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti said “ you can imprison a person but not his ideas”.
Former Chief Minister Mehbooba said she failed to understand such an arbitrary move which could only precipitate matters in the Jammu and Kashmir.
Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter on Saturday she said “ In the past 24 hours, Hurriyat leaders & workers of Jamaat organisation have been arrested. Fail to understand such an arbitrary move which will only precipitate matters in J&K. Under what legal grounds are their arrests justified? You can imprison a person but not his ideas”.
Besides Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Mohammad Yaseen Malik, security forces during night-long raids arrested dozens of HC and JeI leaders in the valley.