Kashmir ADGP said two religious scholars who were booked under PSA were being warned for five months against instigating youth but they still continued. Abdul Rashid Dawoodi and Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri, who are considered influential preachers with a large following on social media. Dawoodi, a Barelvi scholar, is head of ‘Tehreek e Soutul Auliya’ based in south Kashmir’s Anantnag, while Veeri, who was booked under PSA in 2019 also, is a religious leader of Jamiat ahle Hadees (JaH) in Anantnag.