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Hyderabad: 3 J-K students booked for not standing up during national anthem

Press Trust of India, Hyderabad | ByPress Trust of India
Aug 20, 2017 11:41 PM IST

The students, enrolled at a private college in Hyderabad, did not stand up when the anthem was played in a cinema theatre before the movie was played.

Three engineering students hailing from Jammu and Kashmir have been booked for allegedly disrespecting the National Anthem by not standing when it was being played in a cinema hall here, Cyberabad police said on Sunday.

A student has their hand painted with the Indian national flag at an event to celebrate Independence Day on August 15, 2017, in Chennai.(AFP Photo)
A student has their hand painted with the Indian national flag at an event to celebrate Independence Day on August 15, 2017, in Chennai.(AFP Photo)

The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon when the three students studying at a private college here went to a cinema hall under Rajendra Nagar Police Station limits to watch a Hindi movie and allegedly did not stand up when the National Anthem was played before the film’s screening, the police said.

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“The management of the theatre lodged a complaint with police, stating that the three persons did not stand up when the National Anthem was played when all others in the cinema hall were standing,” deputy commissioner of police (Shamshabad Zone) PV Padmaja told PTI.

The three students, in their 20s, belong to Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The DCP said following the complaint, a case was registered under relevant sections of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act of 1971 against the trio and they were taken into custody.

An investigating official said a senior police officer had informed the management of the theatre, after he noticed the trio not standing up when the Anthem was played, who in turn lodged a complaint with the police.

Further investigation is underway.

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