Belonging to Haryana’s Mewat district, 56-year-old Abdul Subhan has been in the prison since July 2014 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Delhi Police’s Special Cell has accused him of being a Lashkar-e-Taiba recruiter.
Musheera Ashraf | TwoCircles.net
NEW DELHI — Authorities in New Delhi’s Tihar jail have shifted a Muslim terror accused to a high security cell after his family alleged that he was facing threat to life from fellow prisoners.
Belonging to Haryana’s Mewat district, 56-year-old Abdul Subhan has been in the prison since July 2014 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Delhi Police’s Special Cell has accused him of being a Lashkar-e-Taiba recruiter.
Earlier this month, Subhan’s son, Aalam, a farmer, posted on Facebook that he was afraid for his father’s life. Aalam said that his concern was based on his interaction with Subhan’s lawyer, Salma.
According to Aalam’s post, Subhan met his lawyer inside the prison on January 13 and expressed fear for his life.
Salma independently confirmed this to Twocircles.net. “He was very anxious when I met him last”, she said. “He told me that a fight broke out between two groups in which he (Subhan) was targeted. One of the men attacked him with a blade leaving him wounded,” she added.
Subhan also told his lawyer that the changes in housekeeping staff and new inmates being shifted to his cell left him worried about his safety.
On January 15, the family moved Patiala House Court demanding Subhan’s safety and protection.
The court ruled in their favor. After three days, the superintendent of prison headquarters submitted a compliance report in court informing that Subhan was transferred to a high-security ward.
Aalam, 28, told TwoCircles.net that his father was a farmer and was framed in this case. “The case is going on in the court and we are hoping that he will be released soon and all allegations against will be proven false,” he said.
Data suggests that Asia’s largest prison routinely faces violent clashes. The Print reported that Tihar witnessed the maximum number of ‘clashes’ (57) between the prisoners and the staff in 2019, resulting in the death of three prisoners, while 279 inmates and 37 jail officials received severe injuries.
Musheera Ashraf is a special correspondent with TwoCircles.net. She tweets at @Musheera_Ashraf.