NEW DELHI – Hundreds of Kashmiri prisoners have been shifted outsideKashmir jails and prisons, International media had reported.
Many of thousands of people including politicians, activists and commonpeople who were detained in Indian-administered Kashmir after the Indiangovernment revoked special status of Jammu and Kashmir last month weremoved to jails outside the state, Anadolu Agency has reported.
In northern Indian city of Agra in Uttar Pradesh, which is famous for theTaj Mahal, many Kashmiri families have been visiting the city just to meettheir near and dear ones lodged in jail.
Ishtiaq Ahmed came all the way from Kashmir to meet his 42-year-old son.
He travelled from Srinagar to New Delhi and from there to Agra. He had ameeting for almost 20 minutes with his son.
He was not interested in sharing more details about his meeting with hisson.
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According to local sources, 292 people from Jammu and Kashmir have beenlodged in different jails of Uttar Pradesh.
85 of them are in Agra jail. According to jail authorities, those lodged injail in Agra include politicians, students, Islamic preachers andbusinessmen.
Speaking to The Indian Express earlier, Sanjeev Tripathi, DIG (Prisons),Agra Zone, said: “Prisoners have been brought to various jails fromKashmir. Currently, 85 prisoners are lodged in the Agra Central Jail.
They were transferred under high-security observation, and traffic routediversions were made.