On Sunday afternoon, they were shifted to the MLA Hostel at the city centre. Tweets from the account of Mehbooba Mufti, operated by her daughter Iltija since the former chief minister was jailed in August, alleged that some of the leaders were manhandled. “We have no idea how warm the MLA Hostel is. It’s possible to know that only after we are allowed to meet them.”Family members and acquaintances are allowed to meet the jailed politicians twice a week, he said. Two other jailed former chief ministers, Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, remain lodged at their respective “sub-jails”.

Source: The Telegraph November 17, 2019 22:52 UTC