Lawfare – Detentions

The Counter-Intelligence wing of the Jammu and Kashmir police Tuesday detained Hilal Mir, a journalist based in Kashmir, for allegedly “spreading anti-national content”.
In a statement, the police said they had detained a “radical social media user… along with digital devices including a mobile phone and laptop.”
The police statement said he was operating social media accounts to “disseminate extremist/distorted content with an intention to disturb peace and promote disaffection and secessionist ideology and present India in a bad shape.”
Mir works for a Dubai-based business news website and has previously worked with local and national news organisations. “He has been detained under preventive measures and lodged in Central Jail, Srinagar,” a senior official said.