Agra court extends remand of Kashmiri students
The Hindu
3 arrested for allegedly cheering Pakistan’s victory over India in T20 match
An Agra court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of three Kashmiri students, who were arrested for allegedly cheering and sharing pro-Pakistan posts after the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match, by 14 more days.
The three — Arsheed Yusuf, Inayat Altaf Sheikh, and Showkat Ahmed Ghani — are students of the Raja Balwant Singh Engineering College in Agra.
They were booked under section 153 A (promoting enmity between religious groups), 505 (1)B of IPC, and section 66F of the IT Act by the Agra police on October 25, a day after the match. Later, section 124 A (sedition) of IPC was also added. when they were being taken to jail and different associations of lawyers in Agra refused to represent them.