"It feels as if the jail cell is shrinking as suffocation and claustrophobia creep in and take over one’s mind and body. I wait eagerly for the five-minute weekly phone call and the ten-minute video call twice a week to hear from home. But just as we start talking, the timer ticks off, cutting the call. Never before have I realised the value of every second like I do during such calls to home."
These were the words of #Umar Khalid, in a letter from Delhi's #Tihar jail where he is currently lodged.
Accused in the Northeast Delhi communal riots case and charged under #UAPA, in the letter, Khalid wrote about contracting #COVID in jail, his anxieties, concerns for his family and the agony of not getting bail amid a raging pandemic.
#DelhiRiotsCase #UmarKhalidLetter #LetterFromTihar
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