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Kashmiri Student Who Shared Facebook Post Praising Burhan Wani Booked For Sedition: Report
2016-10-06 | Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir
Ref: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/10/03/kashmiri-student-who-shared-facebook-post-praising-burhan-wani-b/
A 22-year-old college student from Jammu and Kashmir was arrested on Sunday in Udaipur for allegedly sharing a Facebook post that praised slain Hizbul Mujahideen leader Burhan Wani.

The Indian Express quoted Circle Officer (Udaipur East) Bhagwat Singh Hingar as saying that Mudasir Rashid was remanded to 15 days' judicial custody.

A complaint was registered with the city police by one R.S. Vyas, Director (Foundation) of Techno India NJR Institute of Technology of Udaipur, based on which Rashid, a third-year student of civil engineering, was arrested under IPC sections 153A (Promoting enmity among different groups on grounds of religion, race, etc.) and 153B (Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration).