Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 19: A private school teacher and a former activist of banned outfit Jamaat-e-Islami J&K from the Kupwara district was today booked under Public Safety Act (PSA).
Zahoor Abbas Khan, 39, son of Mohammad Abbas Khan of Devar Lolab, was arrested on July 7 and was lodged in Police Station Lolab.
On July 18 he was booked under stringent law Public Safety Act (PSA) and was shifted to sub-jail Kupwara.
Abbas, a teacher by profession was a former activist of Islami Jamiat-e-Tulaba and after his retirement from the organization, he joined Jama’at-e-Islami J&K.
He was a former district president of the youth wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, IJT. He has been accused of holding secret meetings with Jama’at-e-Islami cadres in the area despite the ban.
Earlier authorities booked JeI chief spokesperson advocate Zahid Ali on July 3 and shifted him to Central Jail Srinagar.
The basis of booking him under PSA has been stated as that it has been assessed that the subject being a hard-core associate is a constant threat to the security of the State and hell-bent on challenging the sovereignty and the integrity of the country.
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