Seven Kashmiri students enrolled at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal, have been arrested after a face-off with students from outside the Union territory over India’s loss to Australia in the men’s Cricket World Cup final on November 19.
A copy of the first information report, accessed by Scroll, shows the students have been booked under Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Sections 505 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code related to public mischief and criminal intimidation.
Ganderbal Superintendent of Police Nikhil Borkar confirmed the arrest of the seven students. But he did not divulge the charges under which the students have been booked.
“We have invoked some sections but whenever there is an investigation in a case, some sections are added or deleted depending upon the findings of the investigation,” Borkar said. “The investigation is on and whatever will be there, we will let you know at that time.”
The case, lodged a day after the world cup final, has been registered on the basis of a complaint by a student from outside Jammu and Kashmir. The seven students were arrested on November 20.
In the complaint, the student has named seven local Kashmiri students enrolled at the university’s veterinary sciences and animal husbandry department who allegedly “abused” and “threatened” him for supporting India. They “also threatened me to shut up otherwise I would be shooted [sic],” the complaint reads.
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