Pakistani Kohli fan facing jail for waving India flag

January 27, 2016 22:54

A Pakistani cricket fan is facing up to a decade in jail after he was charged today for jubilantly waving the flag of longtime foe India when his idol Virat Kohli made a match-winning knock.

Police said Umar Daraz, 22, went "against the ideology of Pakistan" when he waved the flag at his house in Okara town in Punjab province Tuesday during the match against Australia in Adelaide.

Daraz was celebrating Kohli's amazing knock of 90 not out, which set up India's 37-run win in the first of three Twenty20 internationals against Australia.

His conviviality and subsequent arrest came Tuesday, as Pakistan's arch-rival India marked its national Republic Day.

Nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India have a long history of animosity dating back to independence from Britain in 1947, and have fought three wars. Regional Police officer Faisal Rana said Daraz was charged under Pakistan's penal code with acting against Pakistan's sovereignty. He could face up to 10 years in prison and a fine.

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