“Rajasthan: Kashmiri student Sohrab Qayoom enrolled at Mewar University on Indian Army scholarship arrested over objectionable comments on Babri structure and Ram Mandir”, Opindia, January 28, 2024:
“A Mewar University student named Sohrab Qayoom from Jammu and Kashmir was arrested by the Chittorgarh police in Rajasthan after he allegedly made an offensive social media post on the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and the demolished Babri structure. The accused student was reportedly arrested on 26th January.
In the words of Gangrar police station SHO Jayesh Patidar, 21-year-old BPharm student Sohrab Qayoom posted some offensive remarks in a story on Instagram. On January 25, an FIR was filed at the station on the complaint of a local resident under IPC sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups based on religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, and so on) and 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting their religion or religious beliefs). SHO Patidar said that the accused student is under police custody.
Mewar University Director Harish Gurnani stated that “all possible punishments have been initiated” against Qayoom, adding that he has been ousted from the university……”
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