Face of Jamia protest a terror sympathizer?

New Delhi: A photograph that has been used to target the police force for its action during the anti-CAA protests in the Jamia area on Sunday may have brought out Aysha Renna as the face of the agitation.

However, Aysha’s Facebook page, which stands deactivated now, suggested that she might not be an old-style student activist.

In one of the posts dated July 31, 2015, Aysha wrote – “Yakub Memon, I am sorry #am helpless in this fascist country, #I can regret lka doll.”

The screenshot of this post was widely circulated on social media after she became the face of the Jamia protests. But, the post could not be located on scrolling through her facebook ID.

When IANS tried contacting her through the same ID, Aysha initially did not reply. Later the Facebook page was deactivated.

When contacted, her husband Afzal Rehman blamed the media and the authorities for running a hate campaign against his family.

Asked specifically about the veracity of the post in which Aysha purportedly contacts Yakub Memon, he declined to comment on the post.

“I won’t comment on anything, this is part of a hate campaign run by the media and these authorities against my wife and the other girl in the photograph,” Afzal Rehman said.

When asked again about the post and its authenticity, Rehman said, “I won’t comment on anything.”

Afzal Rahman, a journalist at India Tomorrow English and a contributor at Outlook India, Asianet News, Madhyamam, Maktoob Media, Manorama Online and MediaOne TV, on his social media profile, describes himself as “an unfinished Sulaiman”. MediaOne is Jamaat-e-Islami’s high tech media channel.

The social media profile of Aysha Renna says she is from Kondotty in Kerala. She has listed herself as a student and a secretary at Yes India with a Bachelors's in English from Farook College. It says she lives in Delhi.

In one of Rahman’s posts with a picture of his wife warning security personnel, which he shared on Facebook, he says, “I don’t know how much I should bow down before Allah to be blessed with a better half like her. More power to you my girl Renna. He will reward you for all the pains you bear.” Renna was tagged in the post. (IANS)

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