Shah Faesal  

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Shah Faesal, who had once harboured thoughts of filing a complaint against India at the International Court of Justice, now says he was being portrayed as an  anti-national

Former IAS officer Shah Faesal detained by authorities at the Delhi airport and sent back to Kashmir. He was again detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) on his arrival in Srinagar.

Shah Faesal, chief of Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement tweeted cynically while mentioning that he was celebrating his birthday in Kashmir, only to get a heartfelt reply from Meghana Girish - mother of Akshay Girish who was martyred in Nagrota, Jammu in 2016.
 

Terror heads of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind have released audio clips before the Lok Sabha election, appealing, as always, to Kashmiris that they should not vote. Hizbul commander Riyaz Naikoo and Ansar’s Zakir Musa have threatened to kill those who exercise their franchise.

Currently, a data scientist at qplum, Bengaluru, Kanishak Kataria is also the son of an IAS (Indian Administrative Services) officer.