Shawdesh desk:

Former chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has been freed by Indian authorities, more than a year after her detention.

She was detained on August 5 last year, when the Indian government stripped the region of its partial autonomy.

She was put under house arrest under a controversial law that allows detention without charge for up to two years.

Her daughter had filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging her mother’s detention.

Two other former chief ministers, Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah, were also released in March, BBC reported.