Public Safety Act
Abdullah was detained on August 5 last year when the Centre abrogated Article 370 and bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories.
Abdullah’s “considerable influence” over people, including the ability to attract voters to polling booths despite poll boycott calls and the potential for channelling energies of public for any cause, has been cited in support of his detention under PSA.
Omar’s father, Farooq Abdullah, was booked under the PSA in September last year.
Lawyers say Indian authorities are flouting the basic legal procedures for preventive detention.
Qazi Shibli is untraceable after he was summoned to a local police station in August. His worried family has been doing the rounds of prisons in Kashmir ever since.