10 arrested for raising pro-Pak slogans in Ujjain

Madhya Pradesh police have so far arrested 10 people and detained over eight on Saturday for raising Pakistan Zindabad slogans during a Muharram procession in Ujjain on Thursday evening The video of the procession where the crowd can be seen cheering for Pakistan has gone viral on social mediaA case of treason under sections 124A 153B and 188 has been registered against the accused Ujjain SP Amrendra Singh saidMeanwhile Dabang Hindu Sena burnt an effigy of Pakistan in the city The police are grilling the accused to find out whether the shouting of slogans was pre-plannedNotably the Muharram procession while crossing Geeta Colony in Ujjain was stopped by the police owing to Covid-19 norms and guidelines This irked the crowd who began chanting slogans hailing PakistanThe incident occurred at around 1015 PM on Thursday when Zafar Anees Abdul Ajeej and others began sloganeering After this a heavy police force had to be deployed with senior officers rushing to the spotSuperintendent of police SP Ujjain Satendra Kumar Shukla said that ten persons had been identified on the basis of a video clip We have arrested all the identified ones and detained some of the suspects They are being interrogated Police teams have been fanned and absconding accused will be arrested soon he said The perpetrators are all in the age group of 20-25 years