Nagpur: Rejaz Sydeek was detained on the night of May 07 last year from his hotel room in Nagpur, Indian state of Maharashtra. His arrest was registered the next day, and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) was invoked a week later.
According to Kashmir24, Sydeek MB took a long leave from his post-retirement job in April this year, assuming he must be available to support his son, Rejaz M. Sheeba Sydeek, an activist and independent journalist, who has been in jail for a year under India’s terror law, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
“What if I have to go for some bail arrangements? He needs me for mental and physical support,” the 60-year-old said. But his primary concern is the loneliness his wife, Sheeba, would feel at their flat in Kerala’s Ernakulam.