AMUs Kashmiri student booked for hailing Pulwama attack on Twitter

Agra | Friday | 15th February, 2019

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Agra: A Kashmiri student of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), identified as Basim Hilal, was booked by the district police on Friday for hailing the Pulwama attack that claimed lives of at least 40 CRPF jawans, in a tweet. He was also suspended from the university pending an inquiry.In a tweet, Hilal, who is pursuing BSc in mathematics, wrote, “How’s the Jaish? It had tarnished the image of the university and created disharmony in its peaceful academic atmosphere. Great Sir” and used the hashtags ‘Kashmir’ and ‘Pulwama’. He was also barred from entering the campus.Varsity’s spokesperson Shafey Kidwai said, “It’s highly objectionable that such a post was put on the social media against our martyred soldiers..