Jammu Jammu and Kashmir India January 3 ANI Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday about a nineteen-year-old student arrested by National Investigation Agency NIA and urged him to look into the case to ensure his release at the earliest possible time.
On December 31, the NIA had arrested Arsalan Feroz alias Arsalan Soub, in case of radicalizing, motivating and recruiting youth from Jammu and Kashmir. ANI Arsalan Feroz, a nineteen-year-old student who was arrested by the NIA, urged him to look into the case to ensure his release at the earliest possible time, according to the Peoples Democratic Party PDP chief.
In her letter to Shah, Mufti said, I am writing to you regarding the arrest of a nineteen-year-old student from Srinagar. Arsalan Feroz was first arrested by the J-K police on October 21. After forty days he was released and nothing was found against him. There has been no FIR or case registered against this young boy in any police record. According to the NIA, Arsalan, who recently could not take his twelfth grade exam owing to his detention, has been accused of being a TRF operative who has been accused of indulging in radicalization and motivating youth to join the ranks of militant organizations. I met his crestfallen family today, including his father who suffered a stroke because of the dire situation his son is in. It is a tragedy that a young boy has been arrested despite no previous adverse police records. Such actions can have catastrophic consequences for him and his family. Arsalan comes from a modest background where they are struggling to make ends meet. The letter stated that you can imagine the mental anguish and suffering that his arrest has brought upon them.