3 J&K Students Arrested In Agra For Celebrating Pak Win

In Uttar Pradesh’s Agra, three Kashmiri students were arrested for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s win over India in the ongoing T20 World Cup. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s office tweeted this morning, those celebrating Pakistan’s win will be charged with sedition.Those three students were engineering students at the Raja Balwant Singh College in Agra. Amongst those students Arsheed Yousuf and Inayat Altaf Sheikh are in their third year, while Showkat Ahmed Ganai is in his fourth.
The students have been charged with promoting hostility between groups on the grounds of religion, and cyber-terrorism. They may also face sedition charges, indicated a tweet from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s office.

The college administration had already suspended the students on Monday on the grounds that after the India-Pakistan match they were found “being involved in indiscipline act of posting status in favour of Pakistan.”

The tweet proving it in being a blast have resulted in four more people have been arrested in the state; three in Bareilly and one in Lucknow.
Vikas Kumar, Superintendent of Agra Police stated, “The incident came to light that after the match, anti-national remarks were made. We received a complaint, and an FIR was lodged. They were arrested after a probe.”

In Bichpuri, Fringe right-wing group leaders had also reached the college campus after hearing that slogans supporting Pakistan in the college. BJP and other fringe group leaders clashed with the police who were present on the spot.

The students were arrested and taken to the Jagdishpura police station in Lohamandi, where they will be presented in front of the magistrate.

The FIR was registered under sections 153 A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc) and 505 (1)(b) (Whoever makes/publishes/circulates any statement/rumour/report) of the Indian Penal Code and section 66F of the IT Act 2008 (Punishment for cyber terrorism).