here are millions of fictional and non-fictional stories in this world but there are only a few stories that take our all heart and mind and we remember them for a lifetime.
One such story is of an unsung hero “Kashif Hamza Hassan”. Currently, a prisoner at new Jersey State Prison for a crime that was never committed by him.
You might have a few questions here like, Who is this? Why we are talking about him? What is his story? Well! Don’t worry this article is all about him and his noble mission.
Kashif Hamza Hassan was an architect and a structural engineer. He also had a very profitable business around this expertise that was spread all around the world having offices in Dubai, Germany, London, India, Pakistan, New York, and Boston.
Kashif is a man of words and commitments. Despite having commitments to his life partner to be alongside together till the last breath, he is now alone and is a father of two sons. Yes, he lost his wife!
August 11, 2011, was a nightmare for Kashif and his family. During gunfire which was brutally aimed at him and his family, he lost everything!
He survived and kept safe his two-year old son by covering him from bullets. He had very serious injuries and took multiple rounds of operations and medical visits to recover from a dangerous zone.
Here is the worst part of the story! He was charge of his wife’s murder. During the court sessions, he couldn’t prove his innocence and was unfortunately sent to prison.
Kashif had never thought about something like this would happen in his lifetime. With a heavy heart and love for his sons, he accepted his faith.
As soon he entered prison, he was surrounded by criminals who were double in size and charged with serious crimes such as murders and rapes. Life was very dark and slow inside the prison.
Having lost his wife and sons away from him and also his wife’s family was against him. He was alone and broken!
Surviving in prison is tough! He was counting each day and had only one reason to get freedom which was to meet once again his sons and take them into his arms.
To fulfill all his responsibilities as father for his sons he needed to live longer and looks for legit ways to decrease his number of years in the prison.
Kashif being a writer of many books where he published books on his educational expertise, he thought of carrying that hobby in prison life as well. He started spending time in the library and started drafting his thoughts on paper.
Later, he started interacting with fellow prisoners during lunch and other free time, and shockingly he found that just like him many of them were innocent and were charged for a serious crimes which they never committed. That was the point, he got charged up and created a mission of providing freedom to innocent prisoners.
He started learning about law, justice, crimial cases and case studies. Soon he found a keen interest in learning this new segment and completed his Masters’s in Criminal Justice and Masters of Arts Organizational Management along with MBA. Apart from his master he also did a diploma in Advance paralegal studies in Criminal law, civil law, family law, business law, real estate law, and wills and trust law.
Based on his studies, he started taking cases of the prisoner and fought for them, made there case right and finally they were free from the charge. Till now, he have helped more than 151+ prisoners to get freedom.
Soon, he found himself very much engaged in this noble mission, and this is his best possible way to escape time.
He started writing more and more, expressed his knowledge and experience on paper. He wrote several books being inside the prison on various topics which are now published and are available on Amazon.
His pass time activity has now become a passion and he currently a author of 12 books which are published in past years. Now he takes his writing task seriously he tries to spread words, share knowledge and experience through his books.
He works full time helping other prisoners in getting freedom and also looking forward to start an Non profit organization to carry on his noble mission on a larger scale.
Kashif is also going through all the possible ways to dismiss his sentence and meet his sons again because if he is alive now is all for his sons.
Shrey Chaudhary
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