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India arrests 15 for celebrating Pakistan cricket victory
CNN ^ | June 21, 2017 | Manveena Suri

Posted on 06/21/2017 10:43:13 PM PDT by Trump20162020

New Delhi (CNN) - Fifteen Indian men are facing lengthy jail sentences for allegedly cheering on the Pakistan cricket team.

The men, all of whom are Muslim, were arrested Monday after their Hindu neighbors complained about the group's antics during India's crushing loss to their arch rivals in the ICC Champions Trophy final the previous day.

According to local police inspector Sanjay Pathak, the men, from Mohad village in Burhanpur district in central Madhya Pradesh, "were celebrating Pakistan's victory by bursting fire crackers and shouting anti-India slogans."

Fourteen men, aged between 19 and 35, appeared in court on Tuesday where they were charged with sedition and criminal conspiracy. The fifteenth man is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: cricket; india; pakistan; sports

1 posted on 06/21/2017 10:43:13 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

Anti-India slogans? Maybe this was about a tad more than just a sports rivalry?


2 posted on 06/21/2017 10:45:38 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

No. It’s more senseless hate of muslims!!

CNN wouldn’t lie :)


3 posted on 06/21/2017 10:54:02 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Trump20162020

Reads as though the Indians were just sore losers.
What would Ghandi do?


4 posted on 06/21/2017 11:02:35 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

A call for vigilantism. Leave the cops out of it.


5 posted on 06/22/2017 5:11:13 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Trump20162020

Not a good response on the part of Indian officials.


6 posted on 06/22/2017 7:46:36 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Trump20162020

” they were charged with sedition and criminal conspiracy. “

What would have happened had they advocated violence against the PM of India or held up a fake severed head?


7 posted on 06/22/2017 7:52:00 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Hack-proof tagline.)
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To: Rebelbase; Wuli

Yes, the basis for sedition charges are usually incitement to political violence or disrespect to the national flag.

The practice usually has been most such cases end up petering out as they are difficult to prove or prosecute. The State government has dropped the sedition charges in this case and charging them with inciting religious violence.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/seditions-charges-dropped-against-15-arrested-in-mp-for-celebrating-pakistan-win/article19124693.ece


8 posted on 06/22/2017 10:29:37 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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