jammu and kashmir police
At the heart of the case against Naseema Bano, the 50-year-old mother of a slain militant, is a photograph in which she holding an AK-47.
Shakeela, a resident of Nawakadal, found refuge in a marriage hall after her house was destroyed during an encounter in Srinagar on 19 May.
Kashmiris have adopted a policy of quiet non-cooperation to protest the Indian government’s excesses. The local administration has responded by airbrushing reality.
“We don’t know where he is and what the charges are. We heard he has been shifted outside Kashmir,” said a woman whose husband has been arrested.