Mehbooba Mufti, the former chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, has been freed by Indian authorities more than a year after New Delhi scrapped Kashmir’s special status, a move that triggered widespread anger and economic ruin amid a harsh security clampdown.

Indian authorities have arrested two former top elected officials of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir under a controversial law that allows authorities to imprison someone for up to two years without trial, officials said on Friday.