Jammu: Separatist leader Masrat Alam was re-arrested outside the Kot Bhalwal Jail here late Tuesday evening. Alam was released on the Jammu and Kashmir High Court decision to quash his detention under Public Safety Act (PSA).
Alam was arrested on April 17 this year for allegedly hoisting the Pakistani flag and leading a separatist rally to receive senior hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
Alam was earlier released from jail after his detention under PSA was quashed by a single-judge bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court headed by Justice M.H. Attar.
Pakistani flags were waived at the rally, following which Mufti Muhammad Sayeed-led government came under severe public criticism for releasing Alam from detention within days of the Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party ruling coalition taking office in Jammu and Kashmir.
This is the second time Alam has been re-arrested despite the state high court quashing his detention.
In August, Justice Hasnain Masoodi quashed Alam's detention under the PSA, but authorities re-arrested him immediately after complying with the court order.
(With Agency inputs)
