New Delhi: A Bengaluru court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of a college student accused of sedition after she said “Pakistan zindabad”, reported The Indian Express. The court observed that Amulya Leona Noronha may engage in similar offences that may hamper peace at large and may also abscond if released.
Noronha had shouted slogans of “Pakistan Zindabad” at an anti-Citizenship Act rally in Bengaluru on February 20, in the presence of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi. The Hyderabad MP, however, denounced her action and asserted, “We are for India”. Several men tried to drag her away from the dias. But before the microphone was snatched from her, she had also managed to shout “Hindustan zindabad” or “Long Live India”. She was later charged with sedition by the Bengaluru Police.
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