Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 23: High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld the detention under PSA of Shaista Maqbol, a close associate of LeT.
While dismissing the petition, court observed, “in the grounds of detention it has been mentioned that the detenue was in close contact with terrorist namely Musaib Lakhvi who remained active during the year 2016 to 2018 in Hajin area and carried multiple terrorist activities in the area”, adding “it is also recorded in the grounds of detention that the detenue was having love relationship with Musaib Lakhvi, nephew of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, a Pakistani terrorist and co-founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist organisation, a perpetuator of 2008 Mumbai attacks and a designated global terrorist”.
“It is further stated in the grounds of detention that the petitioner has developed contacts with various local and foreign terrorists who are at present operating in the UT of J&K and has been given pseudo names like Choti Behan etc by the terrorists”, the court observed, adding “there is a clear live and proximate link between the activities of the petitioner and the imperative need to detain her under the provisions of the J&K Public Safety Act”.
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