Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday censured the "National Investigation Agency" for arresting a Kashmiri journalist and editor Irfan Mehraj in Srinagar.

Mehbooba said that draconian laws like the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA are being “abused constantly” to ensure that the process itself becomes the punishment. She tweeted: “While conmen are given a free run in Kashmir, journalists like Irfan Mehraj are arrested for doing their duty by speaking the truth. Draconian laws like UAPA are abused constantly to ensure that the process itself becomes the punishment. (SIC),”