Masarat Alam rearrested a day after HC quashed detention under PSA

December 31, 2015 04:45

Separatist leader Masarat Alam was today rearrested, a day after his release on a Jammu and Kashmir high court order quashing his detention under the Public Safety Act.

Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh also said 'Alam will not be released as he has several cases pending against him'.

A senior J&K police officer said: "He got released, technically, from the PSA and he gets arrested in the cases already registered against him. Naturally, he has been rearrested in (connection with) the pending cases."

"He has several cases pending against him...He will continue to be under arrest...though his (detention under) PSA has been quashed," the officer said.

Alam was arrested under PSA in April for allegedly hoisting Pakistani flag and chanting anti-India slogans during a rally organised by hardline Hurriyat Conference faction to welcome its leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani from New Delhi.

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