Seven Kashmiri students arrested after row over celebrating India’s World Cup loss
Safwat Zargar | 27 November 2023 | Scroll.In
Fans gather to watch the India vs Australia final in India on November 19, 2023. | Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
Seven Kashmiri students enrolled at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal, have been arrested after a face-off with students from outside the Union territory over India’s loss to Australia in the men’s Cricket World Cup final on November 19.
A copy of the first information report, accessed by Scroll, shows the students have been booked under Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Sections 505 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code related to public mischief and criminal intimidation.