Agra (Uttar Pradesh): The Agra police on Wednesday arrested three Kashmiri students for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s victory over India in the T20 World Cup match held on October 24 and publishing anti-India messages on social platforms.
The three students have been identified as Inayat Altaf Shaikh, Shaukat Ahmed Gani and Arshid Yousuf, said Vikas Kumar, Agra SP. All the students are studying at RBS College Bichpuri.
The students have been arrested under Section 153 (A) (Promoting disharmony), and 505 (Publishing and circulating a statement or report containing rumour or alarming news).
Agra: 3 Kashmiri students of RBS College arrested for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s victory in INDvPAK match.
SP City Agra says, “Incident came to light that after match, anti-national remarks were made. We received complaint & FIR was lodged. They were arrested after probe.” pic.twitter.com/JtQOOcpI8t
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Further investigation is underway.