Bengaluru: The police on Monday denied that some Kashmiri students in the state have been put under surveillance after the Feb. 14 Pulwama attack.
“Nobody has been kept under surveillance. The recent incidents in which the police had arrested some Kashmiri students under sedition charges was because they were indulging in anti-India propaganda. The law is the same for everyone. Anyone found to be involved in anti-national propaganda will be booked for sedition under Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code," said a senior police officer, who didn't wish to be named.
The police on February 17 arrested three Kashmiri students - Haris Manzoor, Gowhar Mushtaq and Zakir Maqbool of Spurthy Group of Institutions after they allegedly beat up another student on college premises at Marasuru on Anekal Road for praising the CRPF and Indian soldiers in Kashmir on social media.
A day before the incident, Tahir Latif (23), an engineering student, was arrested by the city police for putting up a screenshot of the banned terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suicide bomber Aadil Ahmed and the bodies of the slain soldiers as his display picture on WhatsApp.
The students have been arrested under Sections 124A, 153A (promoting disharmony and enmity among different groups, 323 (assault), 504 (causing intentional insult to provoke breach of peace) of the IPC and Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for abetting, inciting and provoking unlawful activities.
