Kashmiri leaders will be released one by one, says J&K governor’s adviser

The adviser to the Jammu and Kashmir governor, Farooq Khan, on Thursday said that Kashmiri leaders will be released "one by one after analysis of every individual".

A day before, the J&K administration ended the house arrest of almost all political leaders from the Jammu region after almost two months.

The J&K leaders were put under house arrest on after the government moved to scrap special status under Article 370. Two former chief ministers of J&K -- Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti are also under detention. Another former chief minister and sitting Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah is under arrest under the Public Safety Act.