3 JK students held for committing cyber terrorism by hailing Pak cricket teams win against India
Agra Oct 27 PTI Three JK students of an engineering college here were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly committing cyber terrorism by updating their WhatsApp status to hail Pakistans victory against India in a T20 World Cup cricket match three days ago Three engineering college students have been arrested after the complaint received against them on Tuesday Agra City Superintendent of Police Vikas Kumar said The three students of the Raja Balwant Singh Management Technical Campus were arrested on Wednesday evening following an FIR lodged against them at the Jagdishpura police station in the morning a police official said The FIR against them included among others section 66F of the Information Technology Act dealing with the offence of cyber terrorism punishable with life imprisonment on conviction The other sections that FIR against the trio included are sections 153 A promoting enmity between different groups and 505 1B an act intended to cause or which is likely to cause fear or alarm to the public or aimed at inducing a person to commit an offence against the state of the Indian Penal Code The offences under the two sections are punishable with jail terms up to five and three years respectively on conviction On Wednesday various organisations including right-wing outfits protested at the Collectorate premises here and demanded action against the students They also submitted a memorandum to officials concerned in this connection According to faculty members of the college members of right-wing outfits barged into the college campus on Tuesday and staged a protest against the college and its students Dr Pankaj Gupta the institutes director of administration and finance said they forcefully entered the campus at around 345 pm on Tuesday when classes were being held and they also tried to gain access to the students hostels Their act was inappropriate and unacceptable They did not even try to contact the college management and when they were stopped from entering the hostel premises they began raising slogans against the college Gupta said The college has suspended the three students But they still raised objectionable slogans to defame the college he said In protest to the incidents inside the college its management said it has decided to indefinitely shut all its educational institutions and demanded action against the groups responsible PTI CORR CJ ANB RAX RAX
Agra Oct 27 PTI Three JK students of an engineering college here were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly committing cyber terrorism by updating their WhatsApp status to hail Pakistans victory against India in a T20 World Cup cricket match three days ago Three engineering college students have been arrested after the complaint received against them on Tuesday Agra City Superintendent of Police Vikas Kumar said The three students of the Raja Balwant Singh Management Technical Campus were arrested on Wednesday evening following an FIR lodged against them at the Jagdishpura police station in the morning a police official said The FIR against them included among others section 66F of the Information Technology Act dealing with the offence of cyber terrorism punishable with life imprisonment on conviction The other sections that FIR against the trio included are sections 153 A promoting enmity between different groups and 505 1B an act intended to cause or which is likely to cause fear or alarm to the public or aimed at inducing a person to commit an offence against the state of the Indian Penal Code The offences under the two sections are punishable with jail terms up to five and three years respectively on conviction On Wednesday various organisations including right-wing outfits protested at the Collectorate premises here and demanded action against the students They also submitted a memorandum to officials concerned in this connection According to faculty members of the college members of right-wing outfits barged into the college campus on Tuesday and staged a protest against the college and its students Dr Pankaj Gupta the institutes director of administration and finance said they forcefully entered the campus at around 345 pm on Tuesday when classes were being held and they also tried to gain access to the students hostels Their act was inappropriate and unacceptable They did not even try to contact the college management and when they were stopped from entering the hostel premises they began raising slogans against the college Gupta said The college has suspended the three students But they still raised objectionable slogans to defame the college he said In protest to the incidents inside the college its management said it has decided to indefinitely shut all its educational institutions and demanded action against the groups responsible PTI CORR CJ ANB RAX RAX
