Former civil servant Shah Faesal, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM) founder, was detained at the Delhi airport on 14 August. His whereabouts are still unknown. It was reported that he was sent back to Kashmir while he was trying to go abroad to be put up on house arrest at his official residence in Jawahar Nagar, but his family claims he never came home.

Faesal’s mother, Mubeena Banoo said she only got to know about his detention through television, a communication channel restored a few days back, reported Firstpost