Activist detained under PSA, J&K’s only AAP MLA asks CM Omar to step in: ‘Arrested because he raised questions’

In his post, Malik claimed Padder was detained for having raised sanitation problems. Padder had posted a video slamming coagulated discarded absorption successful Doda’s Ward No. 7, claiming that authorities present burned garbage contempt the authorities spending crores of rupees connected discarded segregation.

“This young antheral is detained nether PSA today, yesterday helium had raised questions connected territory medication Doda for their failure. This country could not beryllium cleaned but helium is arrested now. This is Swatchh Bharat of Modi,” helium claimed, tagging the Prime Minister, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Abdullah.

In a 2nd station connected November 13, helium appealed to the CM “to instrumentality up contented with location ministry, that earlier immoderate PSA is imposed by the DM, a judicial oregon ineligible committee should beryllium established astatine the district/state level to analyse the dossier’s authenticity”.

“Most cases are quashed successful the archetypal proceeding arsenic they are often rooted successful revenge. It’s a substance of the precious bearer of youth,” helium wrote.

In his bid connected November 9, Doda District Magistrate Harvinder Singh cited a constabulary dossier claiming that “the taxable is consistently trying to enactment against the information of the State and has been taken into custody successful the past arsenic good to support the State and its citizens from his sick designs”.

“The taxable is simply a beardown motivator of Jihad and has bully oratory skills, with an quality to pull a ample fig of radical towards anti-national activities, particularly the youth. He has the wont of speaking against the nation, its secular values and the information forces, trying to incite the masses, particularly the youth, which person each propensity to make superior situations for the state,’’ the bid reads.

The constabulary dossier cited by the authoritative referred to 5 FIRs, constabulary regular entries and istgassa (complaints) filed against Padder. While the FIR successful 2016 accused him of starring processions that saw pro-Azadi and anti-India slogans being raised, the ones successful 2021 and 2023 publication him for alleged wrongful restraint, abduction and assault.

The 5th FIR, filed successful 2024, is for allegedly abducting a civilian and assaulting him successful captivity.

The constabulary dossier mentions that Padder has been granted bail successful each cases and that “trial is successful progress”.

According to a elder functionary of the ABABEEL who did not privation to beryllium named, Padder was tasked with arranging humor for patients during aesculapian emergencies.

Another volunteer, however, said Padder had been suspended by the NGO aft helium declared enactment for Malik during the assembly elections.

“Being non-political, we’ve told each our volunteers to stay apolitical and not to indulge successful immoderate governmental enactment of immoderate organisation,” helium said.

Meanwhile, the territory medication said that “an OGW has been detained aft pursuing owed process of instrumentality connected grounds wholly antithetic from what is being circulated connected societal media”.