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New Delhi: Twitter on Tuesday afternoon was flooded with tweets demanding the release of Dr. Kafeel Khan who is currently jailed under the National Security Act (NSA). Several Twitter users joined the medical fraternity in their call towards the “unconditional” release of Dr. Kafeel Khan.

Several doctors and medicos joined the campaign and posted one-minute long videos demanding the release of Dr. Kafeel Khan. They urged the government to release Dr. Kafeel adding that the right place for a doctor to be at currently was in the hospital fighting the battle against COVID-19 and not in jail.

Earlier, Progressive Medicos and Scientists Forum had also called on its members and medical fraternity to participate in the twitter campaign using #FreeDrKafeel on Tuesday afternoon. The campaign soon paced up and had nearly 30,000 tweets by 5:00 pm, it was also among the top three trending topics on Twitter India at the time of posting of this report.

The Progressive Medicos and Scientists Forum had urged medical fraternity to join the movement to “save Dr. Kafeel and democracy”. It had also added that Dr. Kafeel was a victim of vindictive politics of UP Government over the Gorakhpur medical tragedy in 2017.

Leading the campaign, Dr. Harjit Singh Bhatti, Ex-President, RDA, AIIMS, New Delhi | National President, Progressive Medicos & Scientists Forum tweeted a video demanding the release of Dr. Kafeel. It was followed by several other doctors, politicians including Yogendra Yadav, Student leaders including Umar Khalid, Journalists, Political Analysts, Activists, and others tweeted supporting the campaign.

Here are some of the tweets from the twitter campaign to free Dr. Kafeel Khan on Tuesday:

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Kolkata (PTI): Flight services between Kolkata and Dubai resumed partially on Thursday, after a four-day suspension due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, officials said.

A flydubai aircraft from Dubai landed at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here at 2:40 am with 130 passengers on board, marking the first arrival from the Middle East after services were halted for over 113 hours, they said.

The Boeing 737 Max aircraft was scheduled to arrive at 12:25 am, Kolkata airport officials said.

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The same aircraft departed for Dubai at 3:59 am with 55 passengers, they said.

The last flight to depart for the Middle East from Kolkata before the suspension was an Emirates aircraft to Dubai on February 28, the officials said.

International services between Kolkata and cities such as Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi were disrupted, after airlines temporarily suspended operations amid escalating tensions and airspace restrictions in parts of the Middle East, due to the conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran.

There is no clear indication about when all the Middle East routes will fully reopen, they said.

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