10 held in Ujjain for raising pro-Pakistan slogans, NSA invoked against 4

Four of the ten people arrested so far for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans in Ujjain were charged with violating the National Security Act (NSA) on Sunday.

Police on Sunday invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against four persons out of ten arrested so far for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans during a Muharram event in Ujjain of Madhya Pradesh, a senior police officer said. The development comes a day after some right-wing organisations and religious leaders clad in saffron staged demonstrations, torched effigies of Pakistan, and demanded tough action by the police against those people who had raised pro-Pakistan slogans in the Geeta Colony area on the night of August 19.