Kupwara Couple Reaches Home After 7-Month Detention In Bihar

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A couple from Kupwara district of north Kashmir returned home on Sunday after spending seven months behind bars in Bihar.

Peer Rahmatullah, a resident of Guzriyal, Kupwara, and his wife Husam said they were released after seven months of “grueling and agonizing life” in Bihar jail.

“I and my wife were kept in a jail in Bihar for seven months without us having any involvement in any case that deserves imprisonment,” Rahmatullah said.

In November last year, Rahmatullah and his wife had reached Bihar after travelling to Nepal as part of the rehabilitation policy for Kashmiris who had crossed over to Pakistani side of Kashmir.

“We crossed after security clearance from Jammu and Kashmir police and security agencies. But police in Bihar arrested and imprisoned us in Motihari jail.

“I was kept in an isolated cell for three months in the jail and for the remaining period I was put in common jail,” he said.

“When we were arrested during our return, I pleaded with the police for my innocence. But the police labeled us of being terrorists and jailed us,” he said.

He said the last seven months in jail were “full of agony and pain”.

“My wife was jailed in Women’s ward. We did not know anything about each other in these painful months,” he said.

The couple said that the police released them on April 25 and they reached home on Sunday.

Peer said he was distressed after reaching home as he couldn’t see his mother.

His mother, Hajira, died in December last year, eagerly waiting for his son to reach home with his family.

“I last talked to my mother on phone from Kathmandu. She was very happy that I was reaching home with my family after a long time,” he said. “But I couldn’t see her because of detention.”(Agencies)

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