Safoora Zargar is a Jamia Millia Islamia MPhil student who belongs to the Kishtwar district of Jammu region in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. She is best known for her role in student activism and the Citizenship Amendment Act protests.
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Safoora Zargar was born in 1993 (age 30 years; as of 2023) in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir. She grew up in Delhi and NCR. Safoora did most of her education in Faridabad. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, Safoora went to Jamia Millia Islamia (New Delhi) where she did a master’s degree in sociology. In 2019, she enrolled in an MPhil in sociology at Jamia Millia Islamia.
Safoora Zargar with her friends in Jamia Millia Islamia
Physical appearance
Height (approx.): 5′ 4″
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Safoora Zargar with Arundhati Roy
Family and Caste
Safoora Zargar belongs to a Mulsim family from Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir.
Fathers and brothers
Safoora Zargar’s father, Shabir Hussain Zargar, is a retired Indian government employee who used to work with a PSU. Her mother is a housewife. Safoora has a sister, Sameeya Zargar.
Relationships, husband and children
Safoora Zargar married Saboor Ahmed Sirwal on October 6, 2018 in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, and it was an arranged marriage.
Safoora Zargar with her husband Saboor Ahmed Sirwal
wedding photos
Protests against the CAA
While pursuing her MPhil at Jamia Millia Islamia, Safoora became a member of the media wing of the Jamia Coordination Committee, the wing reportedly described as one of the main agencies triggering anti-CAA protests in the country. Safoora campaigned extensively against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Delhi and NCR. He led many protests against the CAA in the region. During one such protest on February 10, 2020, he passed out in a fight between police and students.
Safoora Zargar during a protest against the CAA
Controversy
On April 10, 2020, Safoora Zargar was arrested by the Delhi Police at her residence in Delhi in connection with FIR 48/2020 filed in the Jaffrabad road blockade case. Delhi police accused her of being a key “conspirator” in the violence that erupted in northeast Delhi at Jafrabad metro station on February 22-23, 2020. In the violence, at least 53 people were killed, mostly Muslims.
Safoora Zargar protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act
After being brought before the Metropolitan Magistrate on April 11, 2020, Safoora was held in police custody for two days. Although she was granted bail on April 13, 2020, she was immediately arrested on the same day in a different case in relation to FIR 59/2020, and on April 20, 2020, the Delhi Police filed some more charges against her.
A copy of FIR against Safoora Zargar
Safoora Zargar was also charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Zargar has reportedly been charged with as many as 18 offences, including riot, possession of weapons, attempted murder, incitement to violence, sedition, murder, and promoting enmity between different groups based on religion. Since April 15, 2020, Safoora has been housed in Tihar jail in Delhi. Reportedly, she was kept in solitary confinement in the prison for nearly two weeks to protect her and her unborn baby from COVID-19. On 4 June 2020, Safoora Zargar was denied bail by the Patiala House Court of Delhi for her alleged role in the Delhi riot conspiracy case. Dismissing her bail request, Judge Dharmendra Rana said:
When you choose to play with coals, you can’t blame the wind for carrying the spark too far and spreading the fire. The inflammatory acts and speeches of the co-conspirators are admissible u/s 10 of the Indian Exhibit even against the applicant/defendant”.
On June 24, 2020, she was released on bail by the Delhi High Court. Safoora had sought bail citing her pregnancy and serious medical problems. A Delhi magistrate court acquitted 11 defendants in the 2019 Jamia violence case on February 4, 2023, including Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and six others. Following the verdict of the trial court, the Delhi Police challenged it in the high court, and on 28 March 2023, the Delhi High Court quashed the discharges of Sharjeel Imam, Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and six others. The indictment claimed that the defendant participated in the mob, hurling slogans of “Delhi police murdabad” and knowingly participating in the unlawful assembly. This view was supported by Judge Swarna Kanta Sharma, who sentenced the defendants.
At the time of her arrest, Safoora was reportedly three months pregnant. As soon as her pregnancy report came out, social media was flooded with trolls criticizing her pregnancy before her marriage. Many people started assassinating her character on social media by sharing photos of her and unrelated videos. In one such couple sex video, people claimed that Safoora was in the video; however, it was later discovered that it was not Safoora in the video but a PornHub model, Selena Banks.
Trolls by Safoora Zargar
Favorites
- Hotel: Eros Hotel New Delhi
- Clothing brand: Jack & Jones
- Novelist: George R. R. Martin
Safoora Zargar Holding of Box of George RR Martin’s Bestsellers
Facts/Curiosities
- As he grew up in Delhi, he lacks any typical Kashmiri features or Kashmiri accent.
- When five-year-old Safoora was studying at a school in Delhi, she was the only Muslim in her class.
- In an interview, she recalled her childhood, saying that while she was studying at a school in Delhi, she was often teased for being a Muslim, and her fellow students often called her:
You are a terrorist, go back to Pakistan.”
- Being regarded as an outsider in Delhi, she says:
I belong to Delhi; have lived here for 20 years. I grew up here, went to Delhi University and am now pursuing my Masters. Why should he be seen as a stranger?
- Safoora loves to read, write and travel; and she is also a civil service aspirant.
- He loves reading and reciting shayaris.
- During her graduation from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, Safoora became associated with the Women’s Development Cell and also ran a campus magazine.
- Prior to earning her Masters in Sociology from Jamia, Safoora had pursued a career in marketing for almost a year and a half.
- According to her sister, Sameeya Zargar, Safoora has a history of polycystic ovary disease (PCOD) and urinary tract infection (UTI).
- In 2018, he widely protested against the Kathua rape case.
Safoora Zargar protesting against Kathua’s rape case
- In 2018, he also protested against the riots in Syria.
Safoora Zargar holding a Free Syria sign
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