Overview

• Makhan Lal of Ramnagar was lodged in Udhampur jail under PSA after repeated bovine smuggling convictions and multiple FIRs failed to curb his activities.
• Investigators detained Imran Hussain Giri of Pochhal under PSA in Kishtwar after identifying him as a key drug supplier to local youth.
• Four suspected peddlers—Monu, Pawan Kumar, Ravinder Kumar and Ashwani Slathia—were placed in preventive custody in the Bagh-e-Bahu area of Jammu.
• Authorities booked seven additional suspects under relevant sections of the BNSS in Channi Himmat as part of the region’s expanded drug-smuggling crackdown.
• Civil liberties advocates warn that PSA’s up to two-year detention without trial could undermine due process during the intensified crackdown.