Prayagraj, 13th June 2022: Afreen Fatima is the elder daughter of the main accused of Prayagraj violence Javed Mohammad alias Javed Pump. She is an alumnus of JNU. Afreen is said to be close to Sharjeel Imam, the mastermind of the Shaheen Bagh conspiracy.
She did her Master in Linguistics (MA) from JNU’s Center for Linguistics and left the university in 2021. According to the information, Afreen passed high school and intermediate from St. Mary’s Convent School in Prayagraj. She had enrolled in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) for her graduation (BA). She did BA Honors in Linguistics from AMU.
While being the President of Women’s College at AMU, she has been active in student politics there. After AMU, she enrolled in JNU.
In 2019, she actively participated in the movement against CAA and NRC in Delhi. She declared Afzal Guru innocent after being convicted of the Parliament attack in 2001.
On January 25, Fatima posted a 45-second video on Twitter where she tried to instigate the crowd. While opposing the CAA and NRC, she said that she has realized that neither the government nor the Supreme Court is worthy of the trust of Muslims.
Fatima was also very vocal about the hijab issue. She visited many cities in South India regarding this matter. She also took part in protests.
According to reports, she had also participated in the protests of Muslim women in Prayagraj on January 22.
Fatima had raised questions on the Supreme Court in the protest organized in Mansoor Park.