Abdul Rafi, Kashmiri Engineer Jailed in Saudi Arabia for Years, Appeals to Home Minister Amit Shah for Help

Er Abdul Rafi
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For six-year-old Hafsah and her four-year-old brother Mohammad Anwar, waiting for their father’s return has become a daily ritual. Their father, Abdul Rafi Baba, a 36-year-old networking engineer from Srinagar’s Soura area, has been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for the past four years. He was arrested in early 2020 while working at King Faisal University in Hofuf. The family learned of his arrest on March 1, 2020, and has been seeking answers ever since.

Rafi’s father, Manzoor ul Haq Baba, described his son as a law-abiding citizen with no criminal record in Kashmir. Despite his clean record, Rafi remains behind bars with no clear charges against him. Manzoor believes his son was framed due to issues at his workplace in Saudi Arabia.

Manzoor, now elderly and a widower, has tried to contact authorities but received no responses. He has written letters to India’s Home Minister and External Affairs Minister, seeking assistance, but to no avail. “We are financially broken. We don’t have the means to fight his case in Saudi Arabia,” Manzoor said.

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