J And K Admin Put 450+ People On A Temporary 'No-Fly List' After Centre's 370 Move

A number of prominent Kashmiris have been stopped from leaving the country over the last three months, but none of them were properly told why.
The government of Jammu and Kashmir put over 450 people – including journalists, lawyers, businessmen and political – on a ‘no-fly list’, preventing them from traveling abroad, in the wake of the Centre’s moves on August 5, Economic Times has reported.

On August 5, the government read down Article 370 of the constitution and announced that Jammu and Kashmir would be bifurcated into two union territories. The state authorities then decided that no “influencer” from the Kashmir Valley should be able to travel abroad.

“A lot of things are in the pipeline for J&K and the administration has to take steps to ensure that things happen smoothly. Some people could create trouble in that smooth transition,” a senior police official told Economic Times.

Another official said that the people on the list had been chosen because of their contacts abroad and that it could not officially be called an ‘exit control list’. Rather, the official said, it is a temporary ‘no-fly list’.

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