SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said her petition to the high court for shifting prisoners of Jammu and Kashmir from outside the Union Territory (UT) to J-K was aimed at easing the suffering of their families.

Talking to reporters here, Mehbooba said while the government has not provided accurate figures of the number of such prisoners despite writing to them for the last few years, especially after 2019, more than 3,000-3,500 people were arrested and have been lodged in jails outside J-K.

She said their families were suffering and many of the families had to sell their properties for the legal fight.