Srinagar: A former militant and a member of separatist group All Parties Hurriyat Conference was booked under stringent Public Safety Act for his alleged involvement in anti national activities, police said.

They said Ameer Hamza Shah, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district after his arrest, was lodged in District Jail Baramulla.

“Bandipora Police booked one ex terrorist & member of APHC namely Ameer Hamza Shah R/o Quilmuqam Bandipora under PSA and lodged him in District Jail Baramulla, for his continuous involvement in anti National activities,” a tweet by Bandipora police said.

Recently, 10 activists of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and APHC were arrested in Srinagar and booked under UAPA as they allegedly were planning to revive the banned organizations.