Branded ‘Student of Terrorist University,’ Released Jamia Student Activist Says Hathras UAPA Case Is Fabricated to Muzzle Dissent
Shaheen Abdulla | 22 November 2024 | Maktoob Media
29-year-old Masud Ahmed now has a busy life in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, juggling his classes at law school and the new job. He has embraced the thrill of it. His restlessness stems from the urge to fill the time he was away, locked in a prison cell, for over three and half years in a case he says is fabricated.
But amidst the hustle, he gasps when asked about the last four years of his life.
The student activist along with journalist Siddique Kappan, student leader Atikur Rehman and their taxi driver were arrested on 5 October 2020 en route to Hathras…