INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
They have been held under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, a stringent law usually invoked in terror cases.The seven were picked up
days after the celebrations at a hostel following a complaint by a non-Kashmiri student who has alleged intimidation when he and some others
like him objected to the revelry in which crackers and other fireworks were burst.Police have identified those arrested as Tawqeer Bhat,
Mohsin Farooq Wani, Asif Gulzar War, Umer Nazir Dar, Syed Khalid Bukhari, Sameer Rashid Mir and Ubaid Ahmad.UAPA lays down stringent bail
conditions and it is often tough for suspects held under this law to get relief from lower courts.A police officer confirmed the FIR (No
317/2023) under Section 13 of UAPA and Sections 505, 506 of the Indian Penal (IPC)
intimidation.Senior J-K police officers declined to explain the precise ground on which the UAPA was slapped in this case, or the specific
animal husbandry course at the agricultural varsity
He is among a small number of students from other states
