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Will sue govt for 'unlawful house arrest': J&K Cong leader Saifuddin Soz

He said the government has resorted to "falsehood as it had unlawfully incarcerated me since August 5, 2019"

Saifuddin Soz. Photo: ANI
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The former Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president added that he has decided to sue the government for his "unlawful" house arrest. Photo:ANI

Press Trust of India Srinagar
Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Saifuddin Soz on Thursday said he would sue the government for his "unlawful house arrest" since August 5 last year, when the Centre revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, and termed the government's response in the Supreme Court that he was not under detention as "falsehood".

"I take a strong exception to the government stand before the Supreme Court that I had neither been put under house arrest nor had any restrictions been imposed on me since August 5, 2019," Soz said in a statement here.

He said the government has