Activist shifted to Kupwara sub-jail

September 18, 2016 02:59 am | Updated November 01, 2016 07:13 pm IST - Srinagar

The arrested human rights activist, Khurram Pervez , was shifted to the sub-jail in Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Saturday.

Pervez, 39, who was arrested from his home here ahead of his trip to Geneva on Friday, has been booked under Sections 107 and 151 of the Cr. PC for attempts to breach the peace. He is the coordinator of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society that produced reports on unmarked graves and the impunity of soldiers.

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