Srinagar, December 21, 2011: A Kashmiri student, arrested by Indian police upon his arrival at Delhi airport from Srinagar on September 12, 2006, is languishing in Tehar jail of India for the last over five years. Sanaullah Radu, father of 35-year-old Pervez Ahmad, with tear in his eyes, told media in Srinagar that his son did M.Sc in Zoology from the University of Pune in 2006. Sanaullha Radu said that on September 12, 2006, Pervez boarded a ticket and left Srinagar for New Delhi to carry out research work at the same university. However, as he landed at the Delhi airport he was arrested by Indian police and was taken to an unknown location.
Later, on October 15, 2006, an Indian TV channel reported that police had apprehended a militant, who was planning to carry out bomb blasts during Deewali, he said. The man shown as militant was none-else than his own son, Pervez Ahmad, who was implicated in a fake case.
Pervez has been languishing in Tehar Jail for the last over five years. The father appealed to the international human rights organisations to help release his innocent son from Indian custody. KMS