Huballi: Arrested Kashmiri students who raised pro-Pakistan slogans, attacked in court premises
Hubballi: Three Kashmiri engineering students who were on Monday re-arrested for raising pro-Pakistan slogans on Saturday were assaulted in the court premises here when they were reportedly being produced before magistrate.
The three students – Aamir, Basith and Talib – were initially arrested on Saturday for raising pro-Pakistan slogans and posting it on social media platforms. The police had however on Sunday released the trio on execution of bond under section 169 of CrPC.
The student were then re-arrested on Monday morning after right wing organisations staged protests against their release. They were produced before the Third JMFC Court of Hubballi on Monday morning which remanded them to Judicial Custody till March 3.
They were attacked by people while coming out of the court and reports add that sandals were hurled at the trio who were being escorted by the police. The police immediately covered the accused and took them away in the police vehicle, reports added.
The three students of a private engineering college of the city had reportedly posted videos raising slogans hailing Pakistan in the wake of first year anniversary of the Pulwama attack and the video was circulated on social media.
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Seven killed as govt hospital’s compound wall collapse due to rain
Bengaluru (PTI): Seven people, including three children, were killed when the compound wall of a hospital collapsed here on Wednesday, police said.
The incident occurred in the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, they added.
When the heavy rains, coupled with strong winds, battered the area, the seven victims were taking shelter near the wall, which suddenly came down crashing, police further said. All seven people were killed on the spot, they added.
According to police sources, the victims were street vendors.
Police and emergency services personnel rushed to the spot with an earthmover to bring out the bodies from the debris with the help of residents.
