Omar Abdullah spent 232 days in detention and on the day he got out, the government imposed 21-days national lockdown due to coronavirus.

Omar Abdullah's detention got over on 24 March and on the same day the government imposed 21-days national lockdown starting 25 March 2020.

Omar Abdullah posted a revocation of detention order on his Twitter which was issued by the Jammu & Kashmir administration stating that on 5 August 2019 he was put under preventive detention in Hari Niwas for abrogating Article 370. He was released on 24 March 2020 after spending 232 days in custody.

On 24 March 2020, Narendra Modi announced the complete lockdown of the entire nation for 21 days to contain the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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