Srinagar, Sept 11: Jammu and Kashmir Police has sent a list of nearly 1000 detainees, both political activists and militants, to the Election Commission to facilitate the commission to ensure their participation in the forthcoming four-phased elections in the state through postal ballot. They include prominent Hurriyat leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mohammad Yasin Malik.
"We have sent a list of these detainees, who are lodged in various jails inside and outside the state to the EC before the elections," Kashmir Inspector General of police rajendra Kumar said, adding that the names included political activists like Geelani, who was presently lodged in Ranchi jail.
This was done so that EC could ensure that these detainees participated in this democratic practice by exercising their right to postal ballot, Kumar said. Bureau Report