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| Bar secretary detained under PSA | | | JAMMU: The police took High Court Bar Association Secretary, Advocate GN Shaheen into custody last evening and detained him under Public Safety Act (PSA). He was immediately shifted to Rajouri Jail.
According to reports, GN Shaheen after leading the lawyers' protest at Lal Chowk in the summer capital yesterday left for his home (Tral in Pulwama district) in his Maruti car. He was intercepted by a police party near Awantipora on the Srinagar-Jammu highway and taken into custody. Soon after, he was informed about his detention under PSA and lodgment in Rajouri Jail.
Sheheen was instrumental in mobilizing Valley lawyers to protest arrest of Mian Abdul Qayoom who heads the Bar. The lawyers staged a demonstration at Lal Chowk. Some of them including Shaheen set ablaze their coats.
Sheheen's arrest has evoked widespread condemnation from all quarters. The Bar held a meeting today in Sadder court premises and discussed the development. A meeting of the executive body of the association is scheduled for July 19. According to a Bar spokesman, the meeting shall chalk out future course of action. "We will not succumb to any pressure. Fight against injustice shall continue", he made clear.
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