Farooq Abdullah Detained Under Stringent Public Safety Act

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA). He has been kept under house arrest at his Srinagar residence since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5. Farooq Abdullah has now been detained under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act. PSA allows the government to detain a person for up to 2 years without a trial.