Student activist Gulfisha Fatima, arrested under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for her alleged role in the violence in Northeast Delhi in February, told a court in Delhi on Tuesday that she was subjected to communal slurs and mental harassment in prison, PTI reported. Fatima is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in the national Capital.
“I have a problem in jail,” she told Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat via videoconferencing. “Ever since I was brought here, I have been constantly facing discrimination by the jail staff. They called me an educated terrorist and hurled communal slurs at me. I am facing mental harassment here. If I hurt myself, only jail authorities will be responsible for it.”
The judge asked Fatima’s lawyer to file an application about this matter. Mahmood Pracha, Fatima’s counsel, said he will do so.
On April 9, Fatima…