J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (Express Photo/Shuaib Masoodi/File) J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (Express Photo/Shuaib Masoodi/File)Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday ordered withdrawal of cases against more than 4,000 youth, most of them booked in connection with incidents of stone-throwing and protests in Kashmir until 2014. “These cases were scrutinised and recommended for withdrawal by a committee that we had set up to look into this issue,’’ Mehbooba Mufti told The Indian Express. The Chief Minister “approved the withdrawal of cases against 4,327 youth involved in 744 cases of law and order nature” after the committee submitted its report Wednesday. “We submitted our report to the government where we recommended withdrawal of cases against first-timers, minors and ladies. Soon after taking charge as Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti had ordered a review of cases registered against youth for alleged stone-throwing and protests.

Source: Indian Express November 29, 2017 22:52 UTC