SRINAGAR — The Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah has been released from Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu a week after Jammu and Kashmir High Court granted him bail.
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court had granted bail to Fahad Shah, the founder and editor of The Kashmir Walla last week (on November 18th) nearly after two years of detention.
Shah returned to his home in Srinagar on Thursday, a day after getting released.
Shah was booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) and was facing charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
Shah was arrested in February 2022 over a report carried on his portal about an encounter in Pulwama. He was accused of “uploading anti-national content, including photographs, videos and posts with criminal intention to create fear among public”.
Despite securing bail in three cases, Shah was booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) which allows the authorities to detain a person for a period upto two years.