Srinagar, July 18, KNT: The Government has arrested a senior functionary of the High Court Bar Association Kashmir under the Public Safety Act and shifted him to outside Kashmir jail.
Reports said that police arrested former General Secretary of the High Court Bar Association, Advocate Muhammad Ashraf Bhat from his Rawalpora residence and shifted him to Kathua Jail under the contentious Public Safety Act.
Bhat is the third functionary from the High Court Bar Association currently lodged in Jail. Earlier, the former presidents of the High Court Bar Association Advocate Mian Qayoom and Advocate Nazir Ahmed Ronga had been arrested. Mian Qayoom was arrested in connection with the murder of Advocate Babar Qadri. [KNT]
