India, Feb. 5 -- PDP President Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday appealed to the Centre to either ensure bail to Kashmiri detainees lodged in outside jails or shift them to prisons in the valley in cases where the trial has not started even after five years of arrest.

"During our public dialogue programme in Shehr-e-Khaas (old Srinagar city), several persons approached us about their relatives being in prison outside Jammu and Kashmir for five to six years, and the trial is yet to begin," Mehbooba told reporters.

"I had approached the high court with this specific issue (undertrials from Kashmir lodged in outside jails). We might even move the Supreme Court. However, I would request the (Union) Home Minister to consider shifting these prisone...