Srinagar: A senior government officer has been sent to one-week judicial custody by a local court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district for his failure to comply with its order.

The court of sub-judge Feroz Ahmad Khan on Thursday sent Mohammad Rouf Rehman, a Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services officer and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Verinag Development Authority, to judicial custody till October 15, 2025.

The judge ordered the superintendent of district jail and Anantnag station house officer to produce Rehman before the court via video conferencing on October 15.

Following the court order, police detained Rehman and escorted him to a local hospital for medical examination before lodging him as per procedure.

The order came during the hearing of a petition filed by Hamidu

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