On March 8, the Delhi Police’s special cell announced they had detained a Kashmiri couple, Jahanzaib Sami Wani, and his wife, Hina Bashir B...
On March 8, the Delhi Police’s special cell announced they had detained a Kashmiri couple, Jahanzaib Sami Wani, and his wife, Hina Bashir Beg, living in a rented flat in Jamia Nagar. They had links with the Islamic State’s Khorasan Province module, the police alleged, and were also involved in instigating protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. The police also claimed they had seized objectionable material found in the couple’s possession.
Wani’s family in Srinagar is shocked by the news of the detention. They live in Shivpora, a posh neighbourhood, adjacent to the heavily fortified Badami Bagh army cantonment. The family.
“They were picked up around 3.30 in the morning of March 8,” said Sehrish Sami, Wani’s younger sister and a law student. “Their landlord didn’t call us directly. He got in touch with one of my brother’s friends there.”
According to Sami, one of her cousins, living in Delhi, had tried to reach out to the police later in the day. “They didn’t allow him to meet my brother. He could see him [Wani] from a distance, he didn’t see my sister-in-law. They didn’t show him any FIR or document.”
On the morning of March 9, her father, Abdul Sami Wani, flew to...
