Most Who Are Detained Are Being Released, Just A Few Hundred Are With Police, Says Dgp scroll.in

Dilbagh Singh told ‘The Indian Express’ that areas known to be the most volatile had been the most peaceful in the last five weeks. Most people who are being detained in Jammu and Kashmir are being released under community bonds, and the number of people who have stayed in detention is not too high, the state police chief has said. In an interview with The Indian Express, Dilbagh Singh said the police have “just a few hundred” persons detained with them five weeks after the state lost its constitutional autonomy.

Not more than 35 political leaders were under detention, Singh said. “With them, there was a concern that they might provoke people,” he said. “So the administration decided that they should be restrained and it is for their security as well. If you can save lives with some restrictions, what is more advisable? People say life with liberty but I say life first and then liberty.