Jammu: Senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley and several leaders of the Opposition heading towards trouble-torn Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir were detained at Jammu airport on Sunday.

The authorities stopped the BJP leader, who was going to assess the situation of the violence-hit ground zero, from stepping out of the Jammu Airport.

BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Avinash Rai Khanna, who was to accompany Jaitley to Kishtwar, was also detained by police while he was trying to enter Kathua this morning while PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti claimed she was prevented from leaving her house in Sringar for a visit to the violence affected district in Jammu region.

Led by J-K BJP president Jugal Kishore, BJP workers, who had come to receive Jaitley at the Jammu airport, held a protest against his detention.

"Jaitley has been detained at Jammu airport soon after his arrival from New Delhi," Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Shantmanu, told sources.

"He will not be allowed to visit Kishtwar in view of the sensitive situation and we are pleading him from return," the officer said.

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