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His name is Mohammad Aamir Khan. On the night of February 20, 1998, his mother asked him to buy medicines from a shop in Old Delhi. He was 18 years old. He never made it to the shop. Men in plain clothes stopped him on the street. He did not know they were police officers. They took him to an abandoned building. For seven days, he was held in illegal custody. He was tortured. He was forced to sign blank sheets of paper. Then the Delhi Police Special Cell produced him in court and charged him with 19 counts of bombing across Delhi, Ghaziabad, Rohtak and Sonepat between December 1996 and October 1997. He was presented to the media as a terrorist. His family was never informed. They spent days searching police stations before finding out what had happened. He spent 14 years in prison. Through torture. Through solitary confinement. He watched case after case fall apart in court as evidence was shown to be fabricated. In 2012, he was acquitted in 17 of 19 cases. Two cases remain pending. He had already served more time in jail than the maximum sentence he could have received even if convicted on all charges. He walked out of prison in January 2012. His father had died while he was inside. His mother had suffered a stroke so severe she no longer recognised him when he walked through the door. The National Human Rights Commission directed the Delhi government to pay him compensation. The amount was Rs 5 lakh. No officer from the Delhi Police Special Cell was charged. No one was suspended. No inquiry was ordered. He wrote a book about what was done to him. He called it Framed As A Terrorist. My 14 Year Struggle To Prove My Innocence. He now helps other wrongfully accused prisoners navigate the system that destroyed him. India gave him Rs 5 lakh and called it justice. Follow for real stories India never makes headlines about.