Kashmiri student held for remarks on social media

SHIMLA : Police have arrested a Kashmiri student from private university in industrial town Baddi after he uploaded post on his social media account regarding fidayeen attack on the Central Reserve Police Force convoy.

Tashin Gul of Srinagar was arrested from Chitkara University in Baddi after a complaint by university authorities.

Tahseen Gul had made some “anti-national” remarks on photo-video sharing app Instagram, Baddi superintendent of police Rohit Malpani said.

The Kashmiri student allegedly glorified suicide attacker Adil Ahmad Dar, who was behind the Pulwama terror attack. In the complaint, dean administration, Chitkara University, Col AK Chauhan (retired) alleged that Gul, BTech student, posted some anti-national remarks on social media “creating a tense situation” in the campus, the police official added.

The Baddi SP told Press Trust of India that the Kashmiri student was “rusticated” by the university and was further handed over to the police for legal action.

Subsequently, he was arrested and a first information report (FIR) under Section 153 B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against him at Barotiwala police station, he said.

Video of Dar was released by Jaish-e-Mohammad minutes after he carried out the attack on CRPF convoy.

He has been sent on three-day custody, Baddi superintendent of police Rohit Maalpani said.