<span style="color: #222222;">In Jammu and Kashmir, the administration today released senior politician and People's Conference chairman Sajjad Lone and PDP leader Waheed Parra, close aide of detained former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, from preventive detention and put them under house arrest.<br />''<br />''The Jammu and Kashmir administration yesterday released two leaders including former PDP MLA from Wachi in south Kashmir Aijaz Ahmad Mir and trade leader Shakeel Ahmed Qalandar, who is former president of the Federation Chamber of Industries, Kashmir. On Sunday four other leaders were released from detention. <br />''<br />''Since Sunday, a total of eight leaders have been released from preventive custody.<br />''<br />''These leaders were part of preventive detention carried out on mainstream politicians, activists and trade leaders after the abrogation of Article 370 last year. </span><br />