Four youths arrested for wearing Palestinian flag T-shirts in Uttar Pradesh
Deoria (PTI): Four youths were arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria district for allegedly wearing T-shirts with the Palestinian flag during a Tazia procession, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place on Sunday in the Baghauchghat police station area when a purported photo of the procession went viral on social media, showing a group of youths wearing T-shirts with symbolic representations of the Palestinian flag.
Police detained the youths and seized the T-shirts. According to Circle Officer Sanjay Kumar Reddy, a preliminary investigation revealed that the accused belong to the Baghauchghat police station area.
“Four persons have been charged under BNS Section 197 (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration)," he said.
The accused, whose identities were not revealed, were arrested on Monday, police said. A detailed investigation is underway.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
