Is govt now following soft approach on separatists in valley?

Signalling the soft approach on separatists, the government has recently released three separatist leaders including a woman Asiya Andrabi from jails and NIA reportedly withdrew summon to younger son of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani this week. On December 25, two women separatist leaders Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi and her close aide Sofi Fehmeeda were released from jail. Asiya and Fahmeeda were arrested on April 26 this year and booked under stringent Public Safety Act (PSA). On December 22, a court had ordered their release but they were rearrested…

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