Detained Leaders Likely To Be Shifted Out Of SKICC, Administration Billed Over Rs 3 Crore

Three months after Article 370 was scrapped, scores of political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir detained at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) are likely to be shifted to Srinagar’s MLA hostel, The Indian Express reported. Although no official reason has been specified for the decision to move the detainees, it is said that the state administration has been billed Rs 3.28 crore for housing the 34 detainees there. The development comes after the authorities faced flak after Centaur Hotel submitted a Rs 2.68 lakh bill to the Home department to keep the ‘prisoners’ in the establishment. The SKICC lies adjacent to the Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)-owned Centaur Hotel, which is located on the bank of the famous Dal Lake in Srinagar.