Safoora Zargar is an MPhil student from Jamia Millia Islamia belonging to Kishtwar District of Jammu region in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He is known for his role in student activism and the Citizenship Amendment Act protests.
Wiki/Biography
Safoora Zargar was born in 1993 (age 30; in 2023) in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. He grew up in Delhi and NCR. Safoora did most of her schooling in Faridabad. After graduating with a BA from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University, Safoora went to Jamia Millia Islamia (New Delhi) where she got an MA in sociology. In 2019, he enrolled in an MPhil in sociology at Jamia Millia Islamia.
Safoora Zargar With Her Friends at Jamia Millia Islamia
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 4″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Safoora Zargar With Arundhati Roy
Family & Caste
Safoora Zargar belongs to a Mulsim family in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir.
Parents & Siblings
Safoora Zargar’s father Shabir Hussain Zargar is a retired Indian government employee who worked with PSUs. His mother is a housewife. Safoora has an older sister, Sameeya Zargar.
Relationships, Husband & Children
Safoora Zargar got married to Saboor Ahmed Sirwal on 6 October 2018 in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, and it was an arranged marriage.
Safoora Zargar With Her Husband Saboor Ahmed Sirwal
Wedding Pictures
Anti-CAA Protests
While pursuing his MPhil at Jamia Millia Islamia, Safoora became a member of the media wing of Jamia’s Coordinating Committee, a wing allegedly described as one of the main agencies behind the anti-CAA protests in the country. Safoora extensively campaigned against the Citizenship Amendment Act across Delhi and NCR. He led many anti-CAA protests in the region. During a protest on February 10, 2020, he fainted in a scuffle between police and students.
Safoora Zargar During Anti-CAA Protest
Controversy
On 10 April 2020, Delhi Police arrested Safoora Zargar at her residence in Delhi in connection with FIR 48/2020 filed in the Jaffrabad roadblock case. The Delhi Police accused him of being the main “conspirator” in the violence that broke out in northeast Delhi at the Jafrabad Metro station on 22–23 February 2020. In the violence, at least 53 people were killed, mostly Muslims.
Safoora Zargar Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act
After being produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate on 11 April 2020, Safoora was remanded in police custody for two days. Although he was granted bail on 13 April 2020, he was immediately re-arrested on the same day in a different case in connection with FIR 59/2020, and on 20 April 2020, several more charges were framed against him by the Delhi Police.
Copy of FIR Against Safoora Zargar
Safoora Zargar was also charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Reportedly, Zargar has been charged with as many as 18 crimes, including rioting, possession of weapons, attempted murder, inciting violence, inciting, killing, and promoting enmity between different groups on religious grounds. Since April 15, 2020, Safoora has been lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail. Reportedly, she was held in solitary confinement at the prison for almost two weeks to protect her and her unborn baby from COVID-19. On 4 June 2020, Delhi’s Patiala House Court denied bail to Safoora Zargar for her alleged role in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. While dismissing his bail petition, Justice Dharmendra Rana said,
When you choose to play with embers, you can’t blame the wind for carrying sparks too far and spreading the flames. The seditious acts and speeches of co-conspirators are admissible u/s 10 of Indian Evidence even against the applicant/accused.”
On 24 June 2020, he was released on bail from the Delhi High Court. Safoora had sought bail on the grounds of her pregnancy and severe medical problems. A Delhi trial court acquitted 11 accused in the 2019 Jamia terror case on February 4, 2023, including Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha, and six others. Following the trial court’s decision, the Delhi police challenged it in the high court, and on March 28, 2023, the Delhi High Court set aside the acquittal of Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha, and six others. The prosecution alleged that the accused participated in the riots, raised slogans of “murdabad Delhi police,” and knowingly participated in the unlawful assembly. This view was supported by Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma, who passed judgment against the accused.
Pregnancy Trolls & Social Media
Reportedly, when she was arrested, Safoora was three months pregnant. As soon as reports of her pregnancy came out, social media was flooded with trolls who criticized her pregnancy before marriage. Many people started doing character assassination of her on social media by sharing her unrelated photos and videos. In one video of the couple having sex, people claimed that Safoora was in the video; however, it was later discovered that it was not Safoora in the video but PornHub model Selena Banks.
Safoora Zargar Trolls
Favourite
- Hotel: Eros Hotel New Delhi
- Clothing Brand: Jack & Jones
- Novelist: George RR Martin
Safoora Zargar Holds George RR Martin’s Bestseller Box
Facts/Trivia
- As he grew up in Delhi, he didn’t have any Kashmiri features or a Kashmiri accent.
- When five-year-old Safoora studied at a school in Delhi, she was the only Muslim in her class.
- In an interview, he recalled his childhood and said that while studying in a school in Delhi, he was often teased for being a Muslim, and his fellow students often called him –
You are terrorists, go back to Pakistan.”
- On being treated as an outsider in Delhi, he says,
I belong to Delhi; have lived here for 20 years. I grew up here, went to Delhi University and now I am pursuing my Masters. Why should I be seen as an outsider?”
- Safoora loves to read, write and travel; and he is also a civil service candidate.
- He loves reading and studying Shayaris.
- During her graduation from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University, Safoora was associated with the Women’s Development Cell, and she also ran the campus magazine.
- Before pursuing a Master’s degree in Sociology from Jamia, Safoora had ventured into a career in marketing for almost one and a half years.
- According to her sister, Sameeya Zargar, Safoora has a history of Polycystic Ovarian Disease (PCOD) and urinary tract infection (UTI).
- In 2018, he widely protested the Kathua Rape case.
Safoora Zargar Protests Kathua Rape Case
- In 2018, he also protested the turmoil in Syria.
Safoora Zargar Holding a Free Syria Placard
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
