JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said they detained a hardcore criminal under the provisions of the Public Safety Act (PSA) in the R.S. Pura area of Jammu district. According to a police statement, the detention was carried out by Police Station R.S. Pura following the execution of a PSA warrant issued by […]
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Two habitual criminals detained under PSA in Jammu
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday detained two alleged habitual offenders under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu district and lodged them in separate jails, officials said. The detainees were identified as Janu Kumar alias Nago, and Karan Kumar alias Anil alias Nandi — both residents of R S Pura tehsil. According […]
Terror associate, drug peddler booked under PSA, PIT NDPS Act in Awantipora
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday booked a terror associate under the Public Safety Act (PSA) and a notorious drug peddler under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act in Awantipora area of Pulwama district. According to a police statement, the terror associate, identified as […]
Woman booked under PSA in Baramulla, lodged in Bhaderwah Jail
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said they have executed a detention warrant under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), 1978, against a woman allegedly involved in multiple cases related to unlawful and anti-national activities in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to a police statement, the detention warrant was executed […]
Mehraj Malik released from Kathua jail after J&K HC quashes his PSA detention
JAMMU — Aam Aadmi Party legislator Mehraj Malik was released from Kathua jail on Tuesday following the quashing of his detention under the Public Safety Act by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Malik said that now that he had been released, he would continue to raise and talk about the issues of the people. […]
J&K HC quashes PSA detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik
JAMMU — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday quashed the preventive detention of Aam Aadmi Party legislator Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA), holding that the order was legally unsustainable and based on “non-application of mind”. Setting aside the detention order issued by the Doda district magistrate against […]
Six booked under PSA in Sopore for disrupting student protest, vandalism
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — At least six persons have been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Sopore town of Baramulla district for allegedly disrupting public order and indulging in vandalism during a recent student protest, police said on Friday. The accused have been identified as Umar Akbar Hajam, son of Mohammad Akbar, resident of […]
Man detained under PSA in Kathua for anti-national activities
JAMMU — A man allegedly involved in anti-national activities has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, police officials said. The accused has been identified as Romelu Singh. Police said the accused is a history-sheeter and involved in anti-national activities. Singh has been lodged in the Jammu district […]
High Court reserves order on AAP MLA Mehraj Malik’s PSA detention plea
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Monday reserved its order on a habeas corpus petition contesting the detention of AAP MLA Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Malik, who is the president of Aam Aadmi Party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit, was detained on September 8 last year under […]
J&K HC to hear Mehraj Malik’s PSA case on Feb 19
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will hear next week AAP MLA Mehraj Malik’s petition challenging his detention under the controversial Public Safety Act. Justice Mohammad Yousuf Wani heard the arguments of state counsels Sunil Sethi and Monica Kohli on Thursday. The court listed the case for further hearing on […]





