Hurriyat Conference (G) Vice Chairman Ghulam Ahmad Dar alias Gulzar has been booked under Public Safety Act for derogatory statements to a Pakistani radio channel. Dar was detained under PSA by Police Station Batamaloo on February 28, 2022 and is currently lodged in central jail Srinagar.Photo : Times Now DigitalNew Delhi: Hurriyat Conference (G) Vice Chairman has been booked under Public Safety Act for allegedly giving derogatory and inciting statements to a Pakistani radio channel. The accused has been identified as Hurriyat Conference (G) Vice-Chairman Ghulam Ahmad Dar alias Gulzar son of Abdul Samad Dar of Kreeri Pattan Baramulla, at present Gungbugh Tangpora Batamloo. Police sources told ANI that Dar was detained under PSA by Police Station Batamaloo on February 28, 2022 and is lodged in central jail Srinagar.Ghulam Ahmad Dar was giving derogatory and inciting statements to Radio PakistanRelated NewsTwo men allegedly raise pro-Pakistan slogans in Taj Mahal on last day of 367 ‘Urs’ of Shah Jahan2 LeT terrorists, 1 civilian killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian encounter “He was giving derogatory and inciting statements to Radio Pakistan as member of Hurriyat and trying to disturb peace and tranquillity in Srinagar city,” police sources said.The Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 (PSA) is a preventive detention law under which a person is arrested to prevent them from acting harmfully against the maintenance of the public order in Jammu & Kashmir. PSA is very similar to the National Security Act used by the central and other state governments of India for preventive detention.Two factions of the Hurriyat Conference There are currently two factions of the Hurriyat Conference and one is led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the other by Masarat Alam Bhat after the death of Syed Ali Shah Geelani who died 1 September 2021 at his Hyderpora residence in Srinagar due to his prolonged illness. The Mirwaiz-led group is referred to as the “moderate faction” while the Geelani faction is known for promoting separatist politics in the Valley.