JOIN USSedition case: Three students from Kashmir sent to judicial custody in Karnataka over pro-Pakistan slogans
Three Kashmir engineering students who were accused of raising pro-Pakistan and Azadi slogans at a college in Hubballi have been sent to judicial custody till March 2 by the third JMF Court on Monday.
Unruly scenes were witnessed in the court premises when the three students were being produced before the court, as pro-Hindu organisation members tried to assault the students. An eyewitness said that attempts were made to hit the students of KLE Institute of Technology with shoes and stones.
The 3 Kashmiri students of KLE Institute of Technology, arrested after their video allegedly with pro-Pakistan slogans went viral, were produced before a court in Hubli today amid protest by lawyers & activists of Hindu orgs. The 3 been sent to judicial custody till March 2nd. https://t.co/zuGhbAGAXO pic.twitter.com/ESUMraEpgz
— ANI (@ANI) February 17, 2020
Police had to resort to mild lathi-charge to disburse the pro-Hindu organisation members.
Hubballi Bar Council member Ashok Anvekar said Judge Pushpa J asked the students if police subjected them to any physical torture, for which the students said no. They were even asked if they have any lawyer to represent them, for which they sought some time to appoint one.
Later, the judge sent them to Judicial custody till March 2.
Meanwhile, the Hubballi Bar Association has decided not to represent the Kashmiri students in the case.