Officials said 70 companies were “reinducted and redeployed” in parts of the UT in the past one week. They claimed that around 300 companies of paramilitary personnel, mostly the CRPF, were moved out of the UT in 2020 and were “likely to be brought back”. Fear of rearrestSeveral mainstream leaders, who were arrested in August 2019 in a crackdown, feared rearrest. Mr. Sadiq was among the scores of mainstream leaders arrested and placed inside the sub-jail of MLA Hostel in Srinagar for many months. However, many leaders have voiced concern over organising the yatra in the backdrop of the pandemic.

Source: The Hindu June 07, 2021 10:08 UTC