#MeToo: Kashmiri Activist, Witness In Kathua Rape Case Accused Of Sexually Assaulting A JNU Student
Talib Hussain the Kashmiri lawyer and activist who had shot to fame for leading the campaign seeking justice for the eight-year-old girl from Kathua has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a JNU student. Following the revelation of the student activist prominent lawyer Indira Jaising has said that she wont be representing him in the case. Earlier he was also accused of domestic violence by his estranged wife.
As ironic as it might sound, Talib Hussain the Kashmiri lawyer and activist who had shot to fame for leading the campaign seeking justice for the eight-year-old girl from Kathua has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a JNU student.
According to a report in Firstpost, a JNU student who wanted to remain anonymous has accused him of sexually assaulting her while he was leading the campaign.
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The anonymous writer didn't name Hussain as the culprit, however, she gave out ample indications regarding whom she is talking about.
According to the article, the victim came into contact with Hussain after he was invited to JNU as a speaker. Even after the event he used to keep in regular touch with some of the student activists who had invited him, including the victim.
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The research alleged that Hussain gradually began asking about her personal whereabouts and one day in mid-April asked to do ¡°nikaah¡± with him. This was followed by a number of phone calls about his sexual fantasies about her.
On 27 April, he messaged the JNU student that he would be arriving in Delhi that evening and wanted to meet her.
Despite her saying that she was not interested, he insisted and called her on the phone 40 times to say that he was waiting outside the campus to meet her.
She finally agreed to meet Hussain who was waiting for her at the gate with a rented car.
He asked her to get into the car and took her to a house in Batla House.
According to the sequence of events narrated by the victim, Hussain sexually assaulted her despite she saying no to his advances and even trying to physically fight him. As he was raping her, Hussain said he would do ¡°nikaah¡± with her.
The assault left the victim in great pain after she suffered an anal fissure.
She also revealed that since then she got to know from some JNU friends that she was not his only victim; there are possibly several others.
Incidentally, this is no the first Hussain has been accused of rape.
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Following the revelation of the student activist, prominent lawyer Indira Jaising has said that she won't be representing him in the case.
Earlier he was also accused of domestic violence by his estranged wife. After his arrest in the rape case, he had alleged that there was a threat to his life and he could be killed in custody.
