Srinagar, July 14, 2020: A local court has rejected bail plea of a 57-year-old woman serving illegal detention under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Naseema Bano, mother of a martyred youth in Kulgam district was detained by a joint team of Indian army and police personnel during a house raid at her residence in last week of June.
She was booked for posing with a gun with her slain son, Tauseef Sheikh, and was martyred by Indian troops in Shopian in May 2018.
The Indian authorities imposed false cases against the Naseema Bano of her involvement in on going freedom struggle.
Early, this month she had to be shifted to GMC Islamabad hospital after her health condition deteriorated.
Her blood-sugar level had also drastically gone up. Naseema later moved a bail application before a special judge, designated court in Islamabad under NIA Act through one of her sons on health grounds.
Her son stated that her mother has been falsely implicated. However, the special judge, after hearing the arguments of both prosecution and counselors rejected the bail.
The counsels of the detained woman argued that her detention was unjustified.
“Her health condition had deteriorated and she had to be shifted to hospital. So, if her detention is pro-longed she won’t be able to take care of health,” her counsels argued.