Srinagar/Anantnag, May 25 (Reporter) Soon after PDP chief and party candidate from the Anantnag-Rajouri LS seat Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday staged a sit in alleging her party workers's arrest in a "repeat of 1987 rigging", the Jammu and Kashmir Police issued statement that "very few having 'tainted past' were taken into 'preventive' custody. “Claims made by a political party that their workers have been detained are a “very few and those who have a tainted past taken into preventive custody”, Anantnag police posted on X. “Firstly, detentions are very few and restricted only to those who have a tainted past and based on credible inputs of potential threats to law and order and security on polling day,” the police said. They said “mostly they are Over Ground Workers (OGWs) and are taken into preventive custody for ensuring a safe and peaceful elections,” the police said on X. Earlier Mufti staged the sit in protest in Bijbehara against the arrests of her party workers and polling agents and alleged they were lodged in police stations in Anantnag and other districts of south Kashmir without any reason since last night. “They are not revealing the reason ..It looks like the Lieutenant Governor, Director General of Police and Deputy Inspector General of Police south Kashmir are hand in glove,” Mehbooba told reporters and added “if they feel so scared of Mehbooba Mufti reaching Parliament, the Lieutenant Governor should have told me not to fight the elections.” “Why are they repeating 1987?” the former Jammu and Kashmir CM said and added “Their leader and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had given an assurance to the people of Jammu and Kashmir through the voting process..these people are damaging all and repeating 1987”. Mehbooba also alleged: “There are reports of Electronic voting Machines (EVM) being deliberately defanged at many polling stations.” “If they have to repeat the 1987 poll rigging, why the drama of polling being held here at all,” the former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister alleged. The PDP president alleged that rigging is taking place and people are being harassed and threatened. Polling on the Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency was deferred from May 7 following logistical, communication, and natural barriers related to connectivity on the BJP's request...////...