Once a mother and medical scholar, Dr Shaheen’s journey from calm clinician to accused radical has baffled investigators and her former husband alike.

What makes a woman, a mother of two, walk out of a marriage of 12 years, and not stay in touch? And what makes a doctor, deeply interested in her science, and who never discussed politics or religion, turn into a radical? These are questions investigators, and those who knew Dr Shaheen Shahid are asking themselves. Shahid was arrested in Lucknow on November 10, and believed to be part of a Pulwama-Faridabad module of terror operatives; the same day, a car driven by another doctor who was later revealed to be part of the same module blew up near Delhi’s Red Fort, killing 10 people, including the driver.

Shahid’s former hudband, Dr Zafar Hay

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