Fauzia seeks damages for ‘illegal custody’ in spy case

Fauzia Hassan, the Maldivian national who was imprisoned in Kerala for over three years in the fake ISRO espionage case, has demanded that India compensate her, without waiting for her to apply. In a conversation with The Hindu from the Maldives, Ms. Hassan said she was living in penury and did not have the resources to engage a lawyer in India to fight for compensation. “Without waiting for my request, the Government of India and the Kerala government should compensate me for the illegal custody and torture. They spoiled the education and future of my 14-year-old daughter Jila Hamdi, who was a student in India. She had to discontinue her studies as the police frequented the school and followed her. She too underwent great distress,” said Ms. Hassan in her first media interaction after the Supreme Court verdict. “I should be compensated for all the losses, the physical torture and mental agony I suffered in Indian jail for no fault of mine,” she said. Ms. Hassan, a grandmother now, was happy for former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan, who waged a valiant fight which saw the Supreme Court dismissing the espionage case as false and ordering him damages to the tune of Rs. 50 lakh. She accused the IB and Kerala police officers of trapping her and Mariam Rashida, another accused in the case, to destroy Nambi Narayanan, D. Sasikumaran and the then police chief Raman Srivastava.

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