Hurriyat's Ghulam Ahmad Gulzar booked under PSA

Srinagar, July 4 (IANS) Authorities on Thursday booked the spokesman of the separatist Hurriyat Conference under the harsh Public Safety Act (PSA) and shifted him to a jail in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district.Police sources said Ghulam Ahmad Gulzar, spokesman for Syed Ali Geelani-led separatist Hurriyat Conference, was booked under the PSA and shifted to Udhampur district jail for detention."He has been booked for activities detrimental to law and order, and for anti-national activities," police sources said. He was arrested from his home in Srinagar on June 15.The harsh PSA empowers authorities to detain anyone without judicial intervention for a period of two years. Initially, formed to deal with the menace of timber smuggling in the state, PSA has been used with impunity against anti-national elements.
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