NSA on Kafeel Khan extended by another three months | Lucknow News - Times of India

The UP govt has extended the detention of controversial Gorakhpur paediatrician Dr Kafeel Khan, under the NSA ...Read MoreAGRA: The Uttar Pradesh Government has extended the detention of controversial Gorakhpur paediatrician Dr Kafeel Khan, under the National Security Act (NSA) by another three months. The period for which the NSA was applied on Khan earlier was due to expire on May 12. With the extension, Khan will continue to be detained under NSA till August 12. Confirming this, Khan’s lawyer, Irfan Gazi, said that he has challenged the UP advisory board order of Khan’s “illegal detention” in the Allahabad High Court. Dr Khan was booked by Aligarh police on December 13 for delivering a provocative speech in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) during an anti-CAA protest in the campus a day earlier and was arrested from Mumbai airport on January 29 by UP special task force. He was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days on January 30. NSA charges was slapped on him hours before he was expected to walk free from Mathura jail. Khan’s elder brother, Adeel Ahmad Khan said, “how can Kafeel disrupt peace and harmony during lockdown? He alleged that Dr Kafeel, who is suffering from cardiac issues and has not been given proper treatment even after several requests by him. He said recently some Agra and Mathura jail inmates have been found Corona infected and jails are overcrowded much above their capacity, increasing the possibilities of the spread of infection