Indian constabulary person arrested 3 Kashmiri Muslims for allegedly celebrating Pakistan's triumph implicit India successful the T20 World Cup connected Sunday.
Police superintendent Vikash Kumar successful Agra -- a metropolis successful the bluish Indian authorities of Uttar Pradesh -- told reporters connected Tuesday evening that a ailment was filed astatine the Jagdishpura constabulary presumption aft "anti-national" messages were sent by students astatine Raja Balwant Singh (RBS) engineering assemblage pursuing the lucifer betwixt the 2 cricketing rivals.
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On Wednesday, Uttar Pradesh Police tweeted that 5 radical had been arrested successful incidents passim the authorities aft "anti-national elements utilized disrespectful words against the Indian cricket squad and made anti-India comments which disrupted peace."
Police told CNN connected Thursday that 3 students from RBS engineering assemblage had been arrested connected Wednesday "for committing an discourtesy with intent to cause, oregon which is apt to cause, fearfulness oregon alarm to the public, oregon to immoderate conception of the nationalist whereby immoderate idiosyncratic whitethorn beryllium induced to perpetrate an discourtesy against the State oregon against the nationalist tranquility."
The 3 were besides arrested for committing an discourtesy of cyber coercion nether India's accusation exertion act, portion the complaint of sedition was added earlier they appeared successful tribunal connected Thursday, Saurabh Singh, a lawman superintendent of constabulary successful Agra, said.
The sedition instrumentality is simply a assemblage epoch instrumentality which prohibits "words either spoken oregon written, oregon by signs oregon disposable representation" that attempts to origin "hatred oregon contempt, oregon excites oregon attempts to excite disaffection," toward the government.
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