The Srinagar Police on Tuesday have refuted allegations of mass incarceration on social media, stating that only individuals with past records of disrupting the electoral process and criminal backgrounds are being dealt with under preventive sections of the law.
In a series of tweets, Srinagar police wrote, “Apropos to social media assertion by certain quarters that thousands of people are lying in jails, it’s stated that few mischievous elements with past conduct & proclivity of disrupting electoral process & having criminal antecedents are being dealt & bound down under preventive sections of Law following due procedure of law.”
“The preventive sections of law provide law enforcement agencies security for keeping peace and good behavior. Legal measures duly reported are adhered to ensure free and fair electoral process. People are advised to refrain from according any credence to such unfounded and spurious assertions”, Police said.
