Huballi: Arrested Kashmiri students who raised pro-Pakistan slogans, attacked in court premises

Hubballi: Three Kashmiri engineering students who were on Monday re-arrested for raising pro-Pakistan slogans on Saturday were assaulted in the court premises here when they were reportedly being produced before magistrate. The three students – Aamir, Basith and Talib – were initially arrested on Saturday for raising pro-Pakistan slogans and posting it on social media platforms. The police had however on Sunday released the trio on execution of bond under section 169 of CrPC. The student were then re-arrested on Monday morning after right wing organisations staged protests against their release. They were produced before the Third JMFC Court of Hubballi on Monday morning which remanded them to Judicial Custody till March 3. They were attacked by people while coming out of the court and reports add that sandals were hurled at the trio who were being escorted by the police. The police immediately covered the accused and took them away in the police vehicle, reports added. The three students of a private engineering college of the city had reportedly posted videos raising slogans hailing Pakistan in the wake of first year anniversary of the Pulwama attack and the video was circulated on social media. Source: Vartha Bharathi