Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan was released from Ambedkar Nagar district jail in Uttar Pradesh after more than five years of detention on Tuesday, February 27.
The Kashmir High Court granted him the relief citing procedural lapses, Maktoob Media reported.
Asif Sultan’s release came 78 days after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashed his detention order under the Public Safety Act.
Initially arrested in 2018 on charges of ‘harboring militants’, Sultan spent a total of 2011 days in prison before his release.