* FIR registered in Samba against ‘Pak sloganeers’
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU/CHANDIGARH: A scuffle broke out between a group of Kashmiri students and those from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar at an engineering institute in Punjab’s Sangrur district following the T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan, police said on Monday.
The incident took place after some slogans were raised after the match on Sunday night, police said.
The Kashmiri students and the students from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were watching the match on television in their respective rooms at the Bhai Gurdas Institute of Engineering and Technology in Sangrur.
The Kashmiri students allegedly cheered for Pakistan and raised some slogans, which did not go well with the students from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Heated exchanges took place between the two sides after the match, which was won by Pakistan.
A video clip surfaced on social media platforms purportedly showing a Kashmiri student alleging that some students from Uttar Pradesh barged into their room and assaulted them.
“We were watching the match and some students from Uttar Pradesh forcibly came inside. We are here to study. We are also Indians,” the student said while showing the damage to his room.
He also alleged that the security guards allowed the students from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to barge into their room.
Police later said the issue has been resolved between both sides and they have tendered apologies. No complaint has been filed in the matter, they added.
In Samba Chak Manga Gujra area some persons from a particular community shouted slogans in favour of Pakistan.
FIR has been registered against nine accused who have been identified as Khatam Hussain, Maskin, Sher Wani, Shabaru, Tarik, Younas, Hussain, Shameem Ahmed and Altaf. Samba police has arrested six accused while three are absconding.
As the video got viral, some people expressed serious concern saying ‘they (those who raised Pak slogans) live in India they eat of India but they support Pakistan this shows these are the anti-national elements’.
In this regard, people of Samba also staged protest against anti-national elements, seeking their immediate arrest .
Later, police started investigations, as FIR No. 306/2021/ 224/295A/153A/124/53A/505/109 IPC has been registered .