PDP Leader Sartaj Madni Released After 6 Months Of Detention

Officials said Senior PDP leader Sartaj Madni, who was under preventive detention at MLA hostel in Srinagar, was released on Saturday afternoon.

Senior PDP leader Sartaj Madni was released after six months of detention on Saturday, hours after his niece and party president Mehbooba Mufti received an invitation from the Centre for talks with Jammu and Kashmir's regional political parties. Officials said Mr Madni, who was under preventive detention at MLA hostel in Srinagar, was released on Saturday afternoon. They said a team of Anantnag police is on its way to Srinagar to take him home. "The police team will hand him over to his family in the South Kashmir district," the officials added.