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| New twist to Masarat release controversy | | "Process was started during Governor's rule" | |
Bashir Assad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 10: The release of the Kashmiri separatist Masarat Alam from jail, Tuesday took a new turn when a news channel reported that the process of his release was initiated during Governor's rule in mid February.
The reports suggest that in a letter on February 4, state's Home Secretary Suresh Kumar told the Jammu District Magistrate that an order detaining the separatist under the Public Safety Act had become void as it had not been confirmed in time by the state Home Department.
When the Home Department asked whether there was any fresh ground for detaining Masarat Alam, the district magistrate replied in the negative.
Despite the alert in February, no fresh charges were brought against Alam during the 49-day Governor's rule. The governor and the police both report to the Union Home Ministry, which raises the question whether Home Minister Rajnath Singh was briefed properly before his statement in Parliament blaming the separatist's release on the state government.
In a letter on March 4, three days after the PDP-BJP government took power, the Jammu District Magistrate wrote to the police saying Alam's preventive detention had "not been approved by the government" and he should be released.
The hardline separatist, accused of spearheading the 2010 stone-throwing protests and jailed repeatedly under the Public Security Act, was freed on Saturday.
Meanwhile reacting on the fresh news reports BSP Supremo Mayawati asked the union government to come out with the facts on the issue.
"It amounts to misleading the house. Government must present true facts in the house," said BSP leader Mayawati. The controversy has strained the 10 days-old alliance between PDP and the BJP. |
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