PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija, moved the Supreme Court on February 26 challenging her mother's detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA) since February 5. The former BJP ally was detained without a trial for six months after the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019.

On February 9, opposing the charge against Mehbooba Mufti,her daughter Itlija elaborated on how her mother was asked to sign a document that said that she will make no statements against the abrogation of Article 370. She mentioned that the government objected to the "green colour"of the PDP flag, that the government said that it "reflects radical origin."

The PSA served to Mehbooba Mufti further “accused her ofpromoting separatism corroborated by ‘several confidential reports’ filed by agencies.” In response to this Ilitja wrote, “This highlights BJPs disregard for rule of law & intentionally defaming political rivals. Why not place such evidence in the public domain? Are we a Khap Panchayat now?”

PSA Dossier

Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were among the plenty of mainstream Kashmiri leaders charged under PSA on the night of February 6. Asper rules, the preventive detention can be extended beyond six months only if an advisory board, constituted two weeks before the completion of the 180-day period, recommends for that.