: Kashmir man acquitted of UAPA charge after 11 years in Gujarat jail, returns home #IndiaNEWS Bashir Ahmad Baba, a 44-year old from Rainawari in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, returned home on June

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Kashmir man acquitted of UAPA charge after 11 years in Gujarat jail, returns home #IndiaNEWS
Bashir Ahmad Baba, a 44-year old from Rainawari in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, returned home on June 23, eleven years after the Gujarat Police arrested him on terror charges, The Indian Express reported on Thursday. He was booked under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.On June 19, a court in Gujarat’s Vadodara held that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges and furnish evidence against Baba.Baba ran a computer institute in Rainawari and worked with a non-government organisation that conducted medical camps, especially for children with cleft lip, Newsclick reported. In February 2010, he had gone to Gujarat to attend a workshop. But, on March 13, 2010, a day before he was scheduled to return home, the anti-terrorism squad of Gujarat Police arrested Baba from Anand district, accusing him of visiting the state to establish a network of young people for “terror training�. He was charged of being an affiliate of the terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen.The police also alleged that Baba was in touch with Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and one Bilal Ahmed Shera over phone and emails. He was sent to Vadodara Central Jail after being in anti-terrorism squad custody for 16 days, according to Kashmirwalla.Over the next 11 years,...Read more

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