MP: Kashmiri student detained over objectionable posts on Pulwama attack
Madhya Pradesh, February 15: A day after the third anniversary of the Pulwama attack, a Kashmiri student in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch was detained after he allegedly shared objectionable posts on social media about the terror attack.
The minor student has been identified as Kufail Maqbul of SVPV college of Neemuch.
According to Suraj Verma, Superintendent of Police, J&K, the minor student, who is in his first year of B.Com, had shared the photos of all the 40 martyred Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in the Pulwama attack and said it was a revenge for Babri Masjid Demolition.
The complaint was registered by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker against the accused, after which he was detained by Neemuch police.
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“An FIR has been registered against the accused under section 124 A (sedition), 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code," said the official.
He further added that “The mobile phone and laptop of the accused have been seized and are being checked. It was also observed that the accused has been following Pakistani Army on various social media platforms.”
On February 14, 2019, 40 soldiers were killed in an attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu & Kashmir's Pulwama district.
The bus had been rammed by a suicide bomber driving an explosive-laden vehicle. The convoy consisted of 78 buses carrying around 2,500 soldiers from Jammu to Srinagar.
Following the tragic incident, the Indian Air Force carried out multiple aerial strikes against JeM terror camps in Pakistan's Balakot on February 26, killing a "large number" of terrorists and damaging their infrastructure.
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