On December 3 morning, Bashir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Sopore heard about the results of the LLB programme at the University of Kashmir. He experienced a rush of mixed emotions: Among the candidates whose result was announced was Feroz Ahmad, 28, his younger son, who has been in jail for the last seven years.
Ahmad was arrested in 2013 in a militancy-related case. “He was in the first year of his graduation when he was arrested,” said Dar, Ahmad’s father.
Back then, during the intervening night of April 17 and 18, Dar’s house was raided by the army and police. They asked for Ahmad, who was not at home at that time.
“He was in Srinagar to get some study material,” said Dar. Dars’ were locked in a single room while their house was thoroughly searched. Dar said that his elder son who was at home was assaulted.
After hours of searching, the forces left the house, but he was told to present his son the following day at the SOG camp Sopore. “I called my son and told him about the incident. I also asked him to come home early,” Dar said.
The following day, Ahmad reached home early.
Dar along with a neighbour, a retired tehsildar took his son to the SOG camp. “My son had no idea why he was asked to report there. In fact, he told me that it would be some misconception that they were looking for him,” said Dar.
This story is from the December 13-19, 2020 edition of Kashmir Life.
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