<h1>Regional legislator detained under Public Safety Act (up to two years), sparking protests, clashes, mass detentions and restrictions</h1> A sitting regional legislator was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act following alleged disruptive public-order speech, triggering days of protests, clashes with security forces, mass detentions, and imposition of prohibitory orders, internet and school closures and movement restrictions in the district. Authorities cite restoration of public order; police report injuries among personnel and some detainees released on bond. Opposition politicians and party representatives have condemned the detention and threatened legal and political challenges. The detention under a preventive law permitting up to two years' custody raises potential legal issues regarding legitimacy of grounds for PSA detention, proportionality of restrictions on assembly, expression and movement, and available remedies such as bail and writ petitions.