Court denies Covid-19 woman patient bail in terror case

New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) A Delhi Court on Tuesday denied interim bail to a Kashmiri woman, who had recently tested Covid-19 positive in the National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody.Hina Bashir Khan and her husband Jahanzaib Sami were arrested in March for instigating protests against the new citizenship law and planning a terror attack.Last week, the court had directed the NIA to admit her to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital after she tested positive for coronavirus.Pursuant to that, her counsel M.S. Khan moved an interim bail plea asserting there was lack of proper treatment facilities in government hospitals in the national capital."Delhi is struggling to cope up with the rising number of Covid-19 positive cases and due to the lack of proper treatment facilities in government hospitals, the Delhi government has been compelled to issue a list of 56 private hospitals for coronavirus treatment," the bail plea stated.Another accused Abdul Basith was arrested with the duo in March. The case was later transferred to the NIA."Accused, including Abdul Basith, are actively following the ideology of ISIS and planning terror strikes in India and also recruiting cadres for ISKP," the police had told the court.The police said the trio was in contact with Abu Ushman al Kashmiri, head of Indian affairs of ISKP.
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