I am being treated like a criminal, says Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter 

Iltija Javed, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has released a second audio message stating that she has been detained at her home. Javed has also written a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah alleging that she has been "threatened with dire consequences" if she speaks to media again.

The security clampdown in Kashmir Valley has now entered its 12th day. Prominent political leaders including Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah are still under arrest.

According to a report in NDTV, "Today while the rest of the country celebrates India's Independence Day, Kashmiris have been caged like animals and deprived of basic human rights," Javed wrote in her letter to Home Minister Amit Shah. Javed said that she is not being intimated when visitors are turned away.

In this letter she has asked for an explanation for her alleged detention. She said that the security officials have cited her media interviews as the reason for this. "I've been threatened with dire consequences if I speak up again," she writes.

Javed also released a voice message as communication lines with Kashmir have been blocked by the government.

"I am being treated like a criminal and I am under constant surveillance. I fear for my life along with those Kashmiris who have spoken up," she said in the audio message.