Sedition case for wrong map of Kashmir in school diary

July 18, 2016 22:29

A case of sedition has been registered against the management of a private school in Budhar town in the district for allegedly marking Jammu and Kashmir incorrectly on India's map in the school diary.

Acting on the complaint of Shrikrishna Gupta, the case was registered against Green Wales School, its director Mohammad Sharif Niyazi, principal Govind Chand Das and publisher of the diary Arun Kumar Agrawal.

Budhar police station in-charge Satish Dwivedi said the three men were arrested and a local court sent them in judicial custody for 14 days today. The case was registered under IPC sections 124A (sedition), he added.

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