Srinagar, Sept. 11 -- Amid the escalating tensions, Peoples Democratic Chief Mehbooba Mufti today urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to urgently visit Doda to assess the ground situation firsthand and take immediate steps to provide relief to the people.
Doda district has been on boil since Monday after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Mehraj Malik was arrested under Public Safety Act (PSA), which allows detention without trial upto two years.
PDP chief Mehbooba claimed that news from Doda is deeply disturbing.
"An internet blackout has been imposed, schools have been shut and a curfew enforced. Alarming reports suggest that roads are being deliberately blocked depriving people of their fundamental right to movement. This heavy-handed bu...