Over dozen political prisoners shifted from IIOJK to jails in India

IIOJK: The police authorities, under LG Minhaj Sinha, have shifted over a dozen Kashmiri political prisoners from Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir to different jails in India.

Over a dozen political prisoners, including Hurriyat leaders Muhammad Rafiq Gania and Sadullah Parrey have been shifted from Kot Bhalwal Jail, Jammu, Rajouri district jail and Srinagar Central Jail and from other sub jail to Indian jails of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Hundreds of Kashmiri prisoners, including APHC leaders, are detained in New Delhi’s Tihar jail, Agra Central Jail, UP’s Naini jail, Haryana’s Rohtak Jail, Karnal jail, Mumbai, Bangeluru and Rajishtan’s Central Jail Jodhpur of India.

According to the World Prison Brief, India currently has the sixth highest share of pre-trial detainees in the world.