Someone told his mother, Asmat Jahan, that policemen were beating up Hafiz and she rushed to the tea stall to save him. Asmat, 52, met her son in Lucknow jail on December 27. But the script for Hafiz changed on December 28 when two policemen visited his house, looking for the young man. I said he was in Lucknow jail. The December 26 notice said Hafiz had been found “prima facie responsible for damaging the properties”.

Source: The Telegraph December 31, 2019 20:48 UTC