Gorakhpur doctor Kafeel Khan's detention under NSA extended by 3 months

The authorities on Tuesday extended the detention of Dr Kafeel Khan, booked over alleged hate speech under the National Security Act, by another three months.

The Gorakhpur doctor has already spent three months in detention at Mathura Jail under the stringent NSA after allegedly making an inflammatory speech on the Aligarh Muslim University campus during the protests there over the Citizenship Amendment Act.

The NSA on Dr Kafeel has been extended up to six months as there is apprehension that his release may lead to law and order problems, a senior official in Aligarh confirmed.

The six months include the three months already spent in detention. The NSA allows preventive detention for up to a year.

Kafeel Khan's brother Adil Ahmed questioned the extension.

I am surprised by the NSA extension grounds that Kafeel's release may lead to unrest, he said.

With all train and air services discontinued and the university closed, how is it possible that Dr Kafeel goes to the AMU campus and disturbs the peace?