Overview

• Mehraj Malik, AAP’s lone J&K legislator, remains held under the Public Safety Act in Kathua jail, in the first reported PSA detention of a sitting MLA in the Union Territory.
• Prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS continue in Doda, with mobile and internet services suspended and schools ordered shut through September 14.
• Authorities detained roughly 80 people during earlier clashes that left police personnel injured, as security deployments were reinforced across Doda, Bhaderwah, Gandoh and Thathri.
• AAP MP Sanjay Singh says police confined him to a Srinagar guest house when he tried to protest; Farooq Abdullah was stopped at the gate and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condemned the restrictions.
• Security vigilance stayed high into Friday, with prayers largely peaceful under restrictions, and police ordered tighter social media monitoring, as two people were questioned over a suspected blast in Doda.