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Theatre artiste held at border for ‘suspicious activity’, let off on bail

Ironically, Jaisalmer police arrested him along Indo-Pak boron the eve of Independence Day on charges of engaging in “suspicious activities”.

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John Lennon, in a song, had “imagined” a world without borders. Inspired by him, Akram Feroze, a Hyderabad-based theatre artiste who runs a group, Theatre at Borders, set off last month to reportedly spread the message of a borderless world along India’s international border.

Ironically, Jaisalmer police arrested him along Indo-Pak boron the eve of Independence Day on charges of engaging in “suspicious activities”.

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On Wednesday, almost two weeks after his arrest, Feroze was released on a bail bond furnished by his brother. “The magistrate released him observing that he had no criminal background and that he was not associated with any anti-national organisation,” Feroze’s brother Alam said.

Till Wednesday afternoon, Rajasthan police had stuck to its plan of bringing him to Jaipur to be grilled at the Central Interrogation Centre Thursday.

“He was arrested amid increased vigilance and border alerts. He was found to be carrying photos of military camps in J&K along with five-six SIM cards,” Rajasthan DGP Manoj Bhatt said.

“He had also been arrested earlier in Assam along the international border. Intelligence agencies had interrogated him, after which he was arrested,” Bhatt said.

 

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