UAPA | Anti-terror law now terrorises citizens
updated: Jul 11 2021, 08:36 ist It would seem like being a Kashmiri is a sure-fire way to get booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967. There is no other way to explain the detention of Bashir Ahmad Baba. Eleven years ago, Baba, who was 33 at the time, had gone to Gujarat to attend a camp on post-cancer care, when the Gujarat Anti-terror Squad arrested him, accusing him of being a Hizbul Mujahideen “talent-hunter”. Only last month, he was acquitted by a local court after the police had no evidence to support the charges. But life had already changed a lot for Bab...
Source: deccanherald.com