Those with 'tainted past' in 'preventive custody' in Anantnag: J&K police after Mehbooba Mufti alleges police detention of party workers
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Anantnag, May 25: Soon after PDP chief and party candidate from the Anantnag-Rajouri LS seat Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday staged a sit-in alleging her party workers’ arrest in a “repeat of 1987 rigging”, the Jammu and Kashmir Police stated that “very few having ‘tainted past’ were taken into ‘preventive’ custody.
“Claims made by a political party that their workers have been detained are a “very few and those who have a tainted past taken into preventive custody”, Anantnag police posted on X.
“Firstly, detentions are very few and restricted only to those who have a tainted past and based on credible inputs of potential threats to law and order and security on polling day,” the police said.
They said “mostly they are Over Ground Workers (OGWs) and are taken into preventive custody for ensuring a safe and peaceful elections,” the police said on X.
— Anantnag Police( اننت ناگ پولیس) (@AnantnagPolice) May 25, 2024
Earlier, Mehbooba Mufti staged a protest in Anantnag alleging that the police detained party workers and asked polling agents to report at stations ahead of the voting in the constituency.
On Friday, the PDP leader said in a post on X that the party has appealed to the Election Commission for an intervention. "PDP polling agents and workers both are being asked to report to local police stations. Why are the people of South Kashmir being punished for showing their faith in democracy? @ECISVEEP @manojsinha_ @JmuKmrPolice" she said.
The voting for the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha Election 2024 is underway. The states and UTs participating in Phase 6 include eight seats in Bihar, all 10 sets in Haryana, one seat in Jammu and Kashmir, four seats in Jharkhand, seven seats in Delhi, six seats in Odisha, 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh and eight seats in West Bengal. A total of 889 candidates are contesting from these 58 Lok Sabha constituencies.