Aijaz Ahmad Mir, a former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Wachi area in Shopian District, and Shakeel Ahmed Qalandar, former president of the Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir (FCIK), were released after six months of detention from the MLA hostel Sub-Jail and Central Jail in Srinagar District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on February 4, reports Daily Excelsior. Mir and Qalandar were taken into preventive custody in August 2019 ahead of abrogation of Article 370 of Indian Constitution. Now with the release of Mir and Qalandar, the number of politicians and trade unionists in detention has reduced to 25, adds The Times of India.