Jammu: A “notorious” criminal was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Udhampur district, police said on Friday.
Rakesh Kumar alias “Raku”, a resident of Meer Mohra Sarothi in Panchari tehsil, has become a great threat to public peace and tranquility, forcing the authorities to detain him under the administrative law, a police official said.
He said a number of cases are registered against Kumar, a notorious criminal, in Udhampur police station.
The official further said that Udhampur Senior Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar prepared a dossier for Kumar’s detention under the PSA.
He added that the accused was arrested by a police team after getting the district magistrate’s approval and shifted to jail.
