Students, college staff booked in IoK for celebrating Pakistan’s T20 win against India

SRINAGAR: College students and staff have been booked by the police in Indian-occupied Kashmir under a harsh anti-terror law for allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s victory against the Indian side in the T20 World Cup match.

According to a report by Kashmir Media Service, one of the first information reports (FIRs) — registered at Soura police station in occupied Kashmir — stated: “During [the] intervening night of October 24 and October 25, after Pakistan win T20 cricket match, students pursuing MBBS and other degrees residing in the unmarried hostel of SKIMS (Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences), Soura raised slogans and burst firecrackers”.

The report said that another case was registered at a police station in Srinagar’s Karan Nagar area, stating that students residing in Government Medical College “were crying and dancing […] after Pakistan won the World Cup T20 match against India”.

The report added that both the cases were registered under Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Sections 105-A and 505 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Read more: Hindutva extremists attack Kashmiri students after Pakistan’s victory against India

Earlier, Hindutva extremists viciously assaulted Kashmiri students in various colleges of Punjab in India, after Pakistan’s historic victory against India in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on Sunday.

According to Kashmir Media Service (KMS), the Hindutva terrorists hailing from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar barged into the hostels and beat up Kashmiri students ruthlessly at Bhai Guru Das Institute of Engineering and Technology in Sangrur, Punjab.

One of the students live-streamed the attack on Facebook while the students were being attacked with rods and sticks as the attackers barged into their rooms.