Eleven years after the Gujarat Police arrested him on terror charges, a computer professional has returned home to Srinagar, with a Vadodara court holding that the prosecution had failed to prove the allegations against Bashir Ahmad Baba under the UAPA.
On June 19, the court confirmed the defense argument that Ahmad was visiting Gujarat to attend a four-day camp on post-cancer care to provide such services to patients in the Valley through the Kimaya Foundation. The 43-year-old Ahmad, who was arrested on March 13, 2010, reached his home in Rainawari, Srinagar, on June 23.
The Gujarat ATS had arrested Ahmad from Anand, accusing him of being on a recce in the state to establish a terror network and to recruit Muslim youth angry over the 2002 riots for the Hizbul Mujahideen. It had accused Ahmad of being in touch with Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin and one Bilal Ahmed Shera over phone and emails.
