Court told IOK leader held for being 'Daddy's girl'

The family of a former occupied Kashmir chief minister went to India's Supreme Court on Monday in a bid to overturn his detention under a law allowing incarceration for up to two years without charge.

The case was launched as it was revealed that the police case against Omar Abdullah was mainly that he has used "dirty politics" while another former state leader held under the law was a "daddy's girl".

Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were among hundreds of politicians and activists detained after the Indian government stripped occupied Kashmir's autonomy in August last year. It imposed a tough security clampdown with internet and phones cut for months.