New Delhi, February 22: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking the transfer of seven Pakistani terrorists from Jammu jail to Tihar prison here on the grounds that they were allegedly indoctrinating local prisoners.
A bench of Justices LN Rao and MR Shah sought a response from the Centre and the Delhi government on the plea.
Jammu and Kashmir government’s standing counsel Shoaib Alam said terrorists belonging to various organisations needed to be shifted out of Jammu jail as they were involved in the indoctrination of local prisoners.
If not to Tihar, they could be shifted to other high-security prisons in Haryana and Punjab, he said.
To this, the bench said it would hear the matter and asked Alam to ensure that a copy of the notice is also served to the seven terrorists.
A day after the Pulwama attack on February 14, the Jammu and Kashmir government moved the apex court to shift a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist out of Jammu jail. PTI
