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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England sticking with Key, McCullum and Stokes despite Ashes humbling
London (AP): England is not sacking anybody following the 4-1 Ashes loss in Australia.
A review of the tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board, announced within hours of the final match in January, was concluded on Monday. Firing people would “be the easy thing to do,” ECB chief executive Richard Gould said but he insisted, "This is not the time to throw everything out."
Managing director Rob Key, coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes kept their jobs after the best England side to go to Australia in 14 years lost the Ashes in 11 days with two games to spare.
“Moving people on can sometimes be the easy thing to do. That's not the route that we're going to take,” Gould said. “I've seen the driving ambition and determination that we're lucky enough to have within our leadership group to take the lessons from the Ashes and move forward.”
Gould previously was the chief executive of Bristol City soccer club and said the ECB would not follow the same route as soccer's hire-and-fire culture.
“Cricket is a very unique sport in that it takes a team of leadership ... it's not like football where there's a single point of failure or success with a manager," he said. He added the ECB would not “select or deselect management based on a popularity campaign.”
The main criticisms of England's tour were poor preparation, player misbehavior, and selection mistakes.
At a press conference at Lord's, Gould and Key said McCullum and Stokes have not had a “bust up,” they did not want McCullum to “completely change” but “to evolve,” the behavior of some players was “unprofessional,” there will be more consequences for underperforming, and a commitment to “better long-term planning” ahead of major test series.
Some changes were already implemented for the Twenty20 World Cup, where England reached the semifinals. Gould implied that performance saved McCullum.
Key acknowledged that England supporters would be disappointed to see the management team go unpunished.
“I know people want punishment and that people then should be sacked for that,” Key said. “That doesn't mean we don't feel like we've gone through some serious pain: Brendon, myself, Ben. It's been as tough a time as I think I've had.”
