Jammu & Kashmir: Government revokes Farooq Abdullah's detention order

NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday revoked the detention order of former chief minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah who was arrested following the abrogation of Article 370 in J&K.On August 5, 2019, the government of India abrogated Article 370 which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Following the abrogation, Farooq was kept under house arrest. His son Omar Abdullah was also placed under preventive detention along with PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti and various other political leaders from the state.On September 16, 2019, Farooq became one of the first mainstream politicians to be detained under the Public Safety Act. The act has provisions for detention without trial for up to two years.