November 27, 2023 08:32 pm | Updated 08:55 pm IST - SRINAGARThe Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kashmir has filed a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against seven Kashmiri students for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans during the Cricket World Cup final held recently. He alleged that the Kashmiri students shouted the slogan “Jeeve Jeeve Pakistan [Long Live Pakistan] which created fear amongst the students from outside the Union Territory of J&K”. Meanwhile, the J&K Students Association urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah and J&K Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha to drop UAPA charges. He said the association also condemned the act and behaviour of the Kashmiri students “in the harshest of words”. Incidentally, Australia defeated India by six wickets in the World Cup final in Ahmedabad on November 19.

Source: The Hindu November 28, 2023 11:48 UTC