India News | Notorious Criminal Held Under PSA in J&K's Samba

Jammu, Jul 23 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday arrested a notorious criminal under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Samba district, officials said.

Police has booked and detained notorious criminal Chain Singh under the J&K Public Safety Act (PSA) for his criminal activities on the detention orders issued by the Samba district magistrate, they added.

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The accused has been booked in four separate criminal cases registered against him in Bari-Brahmana police station, they further said.

Singh has become a threat to the "peaceful atmosphere" forcing authorities to detain him under the PSA, they added.

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Keeping in view his repeated involvement in criminal activities and land grabbing in the area, a dossier was prepared by Senior Superintendent of Police, Samba and forwarded to the DM who formally issued the order of his detention, they added.

The detention warrant was executed by a police team and the accused has been lodged in Hiranagar sub-jail.

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