House arrest

4 Aug 2019

In power

BJP — Jammu and Kashmir (President’s Rule)

Acted

State government, Jammu and Kashmir

Under

Section 107 CrPC (for Omar Abdullah, according to his sister's petition in the Supreme Court, as reported by The Wire)

Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and other mainstream leaders were placed under house arrest on the night of 4 August 2019. Al Jazeera reported that both were arrested on 5 August, with Omar Abdullah held at Hari Niwas and Mehbooba Mufti at Chashm-e-Shahi, both government guest houses; The Wire reported on 5 August that Mehbooba Mufti had been shifted to Hari Niwas. Farooq Abdullah, a sitting Lok Sabha MP, was held at his home on Gupkar Road, Al Jazeera reported; The Quint reported the government's claim that he had not been put under house arrest. The administration did not publish detention figures at the time, and AFP reported that the J&K government spokesman said there was no centralised figure. Counts given later by the Union Home Ministry in Parliament, and earlier by unnamed officials to the press, differ (see figures). On 15 September 2020 the Home Ministry told the Lok Sabha that no political leader was under house arrest in the union territory; former Union Minister Saifuddin Soz said in a statement that he had been under house arrest since 5 August 2019. [3][5][2][1][4][11][10][6][7][8][9][12]

• over 1,000 people detained by mid-August 2019, including politicians, separatists and activists, said unnamed official in Jammu and Kashmir, to Al Jazeera [3]
• at least 4,000 people arrested and held under the Public Safety Act, by 18 August 2019, said unnamed magistrate, to AFP [10]
• around 6,000 people medically examined at places in Srinagar after being detained, by 18 August 2019, said unnamed police official, to AFP [10]
• 5,161 people taken into preventive custody in the Kashmir Valley since 4 August 2019, as of 3 December 2019, said Union Ministry of Home Affairs (written Lok Sabha reply by G. Kishan Reddy) [6]
• 609 people still under preventive detention, as of 3 December 2019, said Union Ministry of Home Affairs (written Lok Sabha reply by G. Kishan Reddy) [6]
• 6,605 people taken into preventive custody since August 2019, as of 5 February 2020, said Government of Jammu and Kashmir, as reported by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (written Rajya Sabha reply) [7]
• 437 people still under preventive detention, none of them minors, as of 5 February 2020, said Government of Jammu and Kashmir, as reported by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (written Rajya Sabha reply) [7]
• 223 people under detention, as of 11 September 2020, said Government of Jammu and Kashmir, as reported by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (written Lok Sabha reply) [8]
• none political leaders under house arrest, as of 15 September 2020, said Union Ministry of Home Affairs (written Lok Sabha reply) [9]

Draft. Written with AI help from the sources listed. Not yet checked by a person. 1 claim is held back until sourced. Report an error