<h1>Regional legislator detained under Public Safety Act, Section 163 BNSS movement ban, protests, mass preventive detentions, shutdowns</h1> A sitting regional legislator was detained under the Public Safety Act, prompting protests and clashes with security forces in a district of Jammu and Kashmir; prohibitory orders, mobile internet and Wi-Fi suspensions, and an order under Section 163 of the BNSS Act restricting movement remained in force. About 80 people were taken into preventive custody, some transferred to nearby towns, schools were closed and businesses shut. Security deployments, concertina wire and patrols were used to enforce restrictions. Authorities cited alleged provocative speeches and social media posts; the legislator's party accused the central government of political targeting and vowed legal and street protests.