Cheering for Pakistan during a cricket match against India by 66 kashmiri students.............. The Uttar Pradesh (UP) govt has ordered to UP anti-terrorist squad (ATS) to probe the matter. ATS team has already began investigation into matter and visited the varsity campus and it also spoke to other students. A group of 66 Kashmiri students of a private university in Meerut had allegedly burst crackers and distributed sweets after Pakistan won against India, much to the anger of their fellow students. The students from Kashmir allegedly danced in the hostel rooms and chanted pro-Pakistan slogans. There was a scuffle between the students after some of them objected to the celebrations. Later a group of students took out a procession within the varsity campus demanding action against the Kashmiri students. The varsity administration later suspended the 66 Kashmiri students, all of whom lived in the hostel. They were asked to immediately vacate the hostel. There are around 200 Kashmiri students at the private varsity. They were enrolled in engineering and other courses. A case of sedition under section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code along with cases under other sections was registered against them in this connection, but hours later the state government dropped the sedition charges after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah spoke to his UP counterpart Akhilesh
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:06:42 +0000