Did Mehbooba Mufti order the release of Kashmiri separatist leaders?

Top Kashmiri separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, were on Thursday put under house arrest only to be released within hours in actions that were linked to their proposed meeting with Pakistani National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz in Delhi on Sunday. While the detention drama played out, there were confusion over who ordered the release of the Hurriyat leaders. While some reports quoted sources as saying that the order was given from the Centre, as per NDTV, it was Jammu and Kashmir CM’s daughter Mehbooba Mufti…

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