Agra: Three Kashmiri students The case was booked on sedition charges by the Agra Police for allegedly cheering Pakistan’s T20 victory over India, held recently. t20 world cup match and “sharing related posts on social media”, to be produced in a local court via video conferencing on Thursday to extend their judicial remand.
Agra students Raja Balwant Singh (RBS) Engineering Technical Institute was earlier sent to 14-day judicial custody on October 28. He was then attacked by some lawyers in the presence of the police while he was being taken from the court to the district jail. Several lawyer associations in Agra later refused to provide legal aid to the students.
A lawyer from Mathura, Madhuvan Dutt Chaturvedi, is currently defending the students. He is also fighting the case of 26-year-old PhD scholars, Ateeq-ur Rehman, Masood Ahmed and Mohd Alam, who were booked under UAPA when they were accompanied by journalist Siddiqui Kappan to visit the family of the 19-year-old. was arrested. A one-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang raped and murdered in Hathras.
Chaturvedi said he has filed a petition in the high court seeking transfer of the case from Agra to Mathura for the safety of his clients as they were earlier attacked in the court premises.
When contacted, Agra district jail superintendent PD Salonia told TOI that the trio will be produced through video conferencing as prisoners on remand are usually visible virtually.
College records show that students who secured first division in class XII were “performing well”. He got admission in the institute under the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS), which is given to meritorious students of class XII from Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
Agra students Raja Balwant Singh (RBS) Engineering Technical Institute was earlier sent to 14-day judicial custody on October 28. He was then attacked by some lawyers in the presence of the police while he was being taken from the court to the district jail. Several lawyer associations in Agra later refused to provide legal aid to the students.
A lawyer from Mathura, Madhuvan Dutt Chaturvedi, is currently defending the students. He is also fighting the case of 26-year-old PhD scholars, Ateeq-ur Rehman, Masood Ahmed and Mohd Alam, who were booked under UAPA when they were accompanied by journalist Siddiqui Kappan to visit the family of the 19-year-old. was arrested. A one-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang raped and murdered in Hathras.
Chaturvedi said he has filed a petition in the high court seeking transfer of the case from Agra to Mathura for the safety of his clients as they were earlier attacked in the court premises.
When contacted, Agra district jail superintendent PD Salonia told TOI that the trio will be produced through video conferencing as prisoners on remand are usually visible virtually.
College records show that students who secured first division in class XII were “performing well”. He got admission in the institute under the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS), which is given to meritorious students of class XII from Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh.
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