Women students on Thursday expressed solidarity with jailed Jamia Millia Islamia student Safoora Zargar, who is three months pregnant and is being trolled online over the identity of her unborn child’s father.
The students used #WithSafooraAgainstSlander on socialmedia, demanding that the online “slandering” against her must stop.
Some students even posted their pictures carrying placardswith slogans like ‘Free Safoora’ and ‘Drop charges against her’ and sought alegal action against those maligning her online.
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Aishe Ghoshtweeted a picture of Zargar and wrote, “A pregnant woman, been put behindthe bars and the s*** shamming she is facing. Is this what makes our countrygreat ?Arrest #KapilMishra #WithSafooraAgainstSlander.”
On Wednesday, the Delhi Commission For Women had issuednotice to police over trolls “slandering” Zargar on social media.Zargar, the media coordinator of the JamiaCoordination Committee, was arrested in April in connection with anti-CAAprotests in northeast Delhi’s Jaffrabad in February. Later, she was booked under the UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act in a case related to the communal violence over theCitizenship (Amendment) Act in northeast district and sent to Tihar jail.