Mehbooba Mufti, the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir took to twitter alleging a sense of unease and panic in Kashmir about which nobody has a clue about.
She also questioned the decision of the government to arrest around 150 separatists and leaders saying that this arbitrary move will only precipitate matters in J&K.
"There is a sense of unease and panic in Kashmir. Nobody has a clue about what is to come but an ominous feeling of impending doom hangs in the air. In such a surcharged atmosphere, public anger has been diverted towards Kashmiris," tweeted Ms Mehbooba.
"They have never been subjected to this kind of unbridled hostility. You want Kashmir yet wage a war against its people? What are they being punished for? Why brutalise them?" she asked.
"Under what legal grounds are their arrests justified," she said, adding 'you can imprison a person but not his ideas'.
"In the past 24 hours, Hurriyat leaders & workers of Jamaat organisation have been arrested. Fail to understand such an arbitrary move which will only precipitate matters in J&K. Under what legal grounds are their arrests justified? You can imprison a person but not his ideas," she tweeted.