At Jaripatka Qabrastan in Nagpur, community members, rights activists, and relatives gathered on Sunday to honor the memory of Kamal Ahmed Ansari, a man who spent 16 years in prison on terror charges before being acquitted posthumously. Ansari died behind bars in 2021, four years before the Bombay High Court cleared his name in connection with the 2006 Mumbai train bombings.

The commemoration was marked by grief and quiet defiance. Portions of the July 21 High Court verdict that exonerated him were read aloud at his grave, an act participants described as a symbolic restoration of dignity. “He had always said he was innocent. Today, even the law affirms it,” said Dr Abdul Wahid Shaikh, General Secretary of the Innocence Network, who led the tribute along with Jamiat-e-Ulama Nagpur preside

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