Srinagar, July 11 (Reporter) Senior advocate and chairperson of J&K High Court Bar Association Nazir Ronga was detained by police last night, his family said on Thursday. The family claimed Ronga has been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA), which allows the government to detain a person without trial for up to one year. “ We have been told by police that he has been booked under PSA and shifted to Jammu jail,” Umair Ronga, son of chairperson of J&K High Court Bar Association, told UNI. Earlier the day, Umair who is also an advocate at the Srinagar High Court, said police arrested his father from home during a mid night raid. “My father, Adv. N.A. Ronga, the Chairman of the J&K High Court Bar Association, has just been arrested in a deeply disturbing turn of events. At 1:10 am, a contingent of J&K Police arrived at our home without any arrest warrant, merely stating, "It's an order from above" ("uper se order hai"),” Umair Ronga posted on X. “We are left in a state of shock and profound distress. We can only hope this is not another instance of the PSA being misused to intimidate the members of the J&K High Court Bar Association,” he added. The Jammu and Kashmir Police was yet to issue a statement over Ronga's detention. Former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti hit out at the government of India saying Ronga is the latest victim of its “oppressive actions”. “The cycle of violence continues unabated in J&K that too in areas which rarely witnessed militancy. Everyday soldiers are being martyred. GOI hasn't only failed to end militancy but is venting its frustration by launching a vicious crackdown on helpless Kashmiris. Nazir Ronga is the latest victim of its oppressive actions,” she said in a post on X. The former president of the High Court Bar Association, Ronga’s arrest comes days after the lawyers’ body dropped a paragraph from its constitution and called for “working towards a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute”. J&K government has since 2020 disallowed Bar from holding elections under section 144 criminal procedure code (CrPC), citing its alleged “secessionist ideology”. Last month, former Bar Association president Mian Qayoom, was arrested in connection with the 2020 killing of advocate Babar Qadri...////...