{"id":194992,"date":"2026-02-15T18:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=194992"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:44:27","slug":"jklf-leader-zahoor-ahmad-butt-booked-under-psa-in-iiojk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/02\/15\/jklf-leader-zahoor-ahmad-butt-booked-under-psa-in-iiojk.html","title":{"rendered":"JKLF leader Zahoor Ahmad Butt booked under PSA in IIOJK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-194995\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-15-at-6.44.01-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-15-at-6.44.01-PM.png 463w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-15-at-6.44.01-PM-352x220.png 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/>Srinagar: Indian police booked Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Zahoor Ahmed Butt under the draconian law, Public Safety Act (PSA), in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the senior JKLF leader Zahoor Ahmed Butt is a brother of prominent martyred Kashmiri leader, Muhammad Maqbool Butt.<\/p>\n<p>The 54-year-old, Zahoor Ahmed Butt, had been in custody since 2018 and was lodged in different jails of India, including Haryana and Rajasthan.<\/p>\n<p>He was re-arrested by Indian police outside Srinagar central jail after a court ordered his release.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Commissioner of Kupwara has once again booked him under black law, PSA, and lodged him into Udhampur jail in Jammu region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: Indian police booked Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Zahoor Ahmed Butt under the draconian law, Public Safety Act (PSA), in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 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