An innocuous message on a Whatsapp group landed college students’ in trouble. During the India vs Pakistan T20 match, some students were discussing the match when one of them wrote ‘Jai Pakistan’. The incident occurred in Puttur in Dakshin Kannada district in Karnataka. However, they were released the same day upon executing a ‘good conduct’ bond, police said.
The duo, Safwan and Abdul Rasheed, circulated slogans like ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ and ‘Jai Pakistan’ over the Whatsapp group while students were discussing the high-voltage Indo-Pak T20 cricket match.
The incident occurred in Puttur Town near Mangaluru when one of the students of a local degree college had posted on a ‘WhatsApp’ group ‘Pakistan Ki Jai’, to which his classmates objected, they said.
The group stood divided over the statement as some objected to the post and others supported it.
Police SP Sharanappa S Dhage said: “The incident was reported during the recent India-Pak T20 match. One bad element in the group took a screenshot of that chat and shared it outside. This spread in the local area, and was also brought to the notice of the police. The police summoned the students and asked them to sign a bond. Backgrounds of the students were also verified and it was found that there was no malafide intention in posting the chat. Hence, the case was closed.”
