Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that sedition law would be invoked against those celebrating Pakistan’s victory over India.
On Sunday, Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets and none of the Men in Blue bowlers were able to leave an impact as Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan took the bowling to the cleaners.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the UP police to register a case of Sedition against those who were celebrating Pakistan’s victory over India in the T20 Cricket World Cup match that took place on October 24, informed the Chief Minister’s Office on Thursday.
The students were suspended by the college administration after a police complaint was filed against them by local BJP leaders.
The students have been booked under IPC Section 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups), 505 (1)(B) (with intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public) and Section 66 F of the Information Technology Act, the police said.
The faculty members of the college said several members of right-wing Hindu outfits had allegedly barged into the campus and staged a protest against the students.
“Those celebrating Pakistan’s victory will face sedition charges: CM Yogi Adityanath,” said the CMO in a tweet with a snippet of a newspaper clipping reporting the above-mentioned order passed by the Uttar Pradesh government.
Yogi Adityanath made the remarks in an interview with a news publication
Yogi Adityanath made the remarks in an interview with a news publication.
The link to that interview was posted by the official Twitter handle of Adityanath’s office.
Yogi Adityanath’s remarks come a day after three engineering students from Kashmir were arrested in Agra for raising anti-national slogans after Pakistan’s victory over India in the match.
Uttar Pradesh Police has booked seven people in a total of five districts and taken four people in custody for allegedly raising Pro-Pak slogans or celebrating Pakistan’s victory over India in the T20 Cricket World Cup
On Sunday, Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets and none of the Men in Blue bowlers were able to leave an impact as Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan took the bowling to the cleaners.
Similar cases have also been registered in Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir.
A school teacher in rajastan arrested for putting a status on WhatsApp celebrating Pakistan’s victory.
The Jammu kashmir pollice Registerd two cases under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against some medical students living in hostels at the Government Medical College in Karan Nagar in Srinagar and SKIMS Soura.
A scuffle had also broken out between a group of Kashmiri students and those from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar at an engineering institute in Punjab’s Sangrur district after the match.