Family of J&K student held for celebrating Pak win appeals to UP govt to withdraw case

Showkat Ganie, 25, was among three engineering students from Kashmir who were arrested in Agra.

Family members of B-Tech student Showkat Ganie, who hails from Bandipora in J&K, appealed to the Uttar Pradesh government to forgive him on humanitarian grounds after he was arrested for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans after the India-Pakistan T20 cricket match.

Showkat Ganie, 25, was among three engineering students from Kashmir who were arrested in Agra. The trio have been booked for sedition and remanded in 14-day judicial custody by an Agra court.