Article 370 abrogation anniversary: Mehbooba Mufti, other Opposition leaders restrained to prevent protests

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Jammu & Kashmir authorities on Saturday restricted movement of regional politicians to scuttle protests on the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the state into two union territories. Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said she was put under house arrest and her People's Democratic Party was denied permission to hold a protest march in Srinagar.

Some of her party members who attempted to take out protests in Jammu and Srinagar were detained while markets remained open across the valley and public transport was on roads. «I've been put under house arrest along with other senior PDP leaders today.

This comes after a midnight crackdown where scores of my party men are illegally detained in police stations,» Mufti tweeted. The PDP chief urged the Supreme Court to take cognisance of these developments as the top court has started hearing petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370.