Two former legislators were released and shifted to their residences and kept under house arrest in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on November 25, reports Daily Excelsior. Two former legislators, Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen and Mohammad Ashraf Mir, were detained in August 2019 ahead of abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35A and dividing J&K into Union Territory of J&K and Ladakh. These two politicians along with dozens of others were lodged at Centaur Hotel Srinagar soon after they were arrested in August. Few of them were released from the Centaur Hotel over a period of time while 33 were last week shifted to Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs’) hostel Sub-Jail in Srinagar. Mir and Hakeem were released and shifted to their residences and kept under house arrest. They have been asked not to venture out of their houses. Two other politicians and former Ministers, Ghulam Hassan Mir and Mohammad Dilawar Mir, who were under house arrest since early August 2019 were let off on November 25. They were under house arrest and not allowed to move out of their houses. However, visitors were allowed to meet them.
Meanwhile, Police said on November 24 that 11 mobile phones were recovered from the possession of several mainstream leaders who are under detention at the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Hostel in Srinagar (Srinagar District) of Jammu and Kashmir, reports NDTV. The search operation was conducted in the evening of November 23 as per the jail manual as there were inputs about the use of mobile phones by detainees at the MLA Hostel which has been turned into a sub-jail, an unnamed police official said."