Masarat Alam had been released only a month back after detention of over four years under multiple PSA orders.
Separatist Masarat Alam Bhat has been re-arrested under Public Safety Act (PSA), two days after High Court quashed his detention under the Act, the Jammu and Kashmir government said today.
"What do I have to say now when he has been arrested? We have arrested him again under PSA," Education Minister Naeem Akhtar, who is also government spokesperson, told reporters.
The 45-year-old separatist, who ran an agitation in 2010, was re-arrested late Tuesday outside Jammu's Kotbalwal Jail after his release following the High Court order earlier that day.
His detention under PSA was quashed by the High Court in the second such instance since August.
On August 21, the High Court had quashed previous detention of Mr Bhat, who was booked under Public Safety Act on April 17 this year.
He was arrested under the PSA on April 17 in Srinagar after he organized and led a rally to receive hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Geelani. Pakistani flags were allegedly waved in the rally, following which a case was registered against him.
He had been released only a month back after detention of over four years under multiple PSA orders.