Detained Kashmiri Leaders Allowed To Visit Home, Some May Be Released Soon economictimes.indiatimes.com

Some of the Kashmiri political leaders who have been under detention since August 5 may be released soon, with the Union Territory administration already easing restrictions on their movement, officials said on Sunday. As many as four leaders belonging to various political parties were allowed to visit their houses for few hours on Saturday after they requested it, they said. Some of the political leaders who are detained in their houses may be allowed to move out of the valley on health grounds, the officials said. There was a possibility of some of the detainees being released from the MLA hostel but a final plan will be worked out by the Union Territory administration with the Centre, they added. The leaders had been under detention since August 5 when the Centre announced abrogation of provisions of Article 370 and splitting the state into two union territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir.