FIR against AMU student for distasteful tweet after Pulwama attack

February 15, 2019 17:22

An FIR has been registered against Basim Hilal, a student of the Aligarh Muslim University, for his tweet over yesterday's Pulwama attack.

Basim has been booked under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code (promoting enmity) & Section 67A of the Information Technology Act (publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc, in electronic form).

Hilal has also been suspended by his university.

The action against Hilal was taken over a distasteful tweet he posted yesterday soon after a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide bomber blew up a Central Reserve Police Force bus in Jammu and Kashmir, killing at least 40 jawans.

Basim Hilal's Twitter account was soon suspended by the social media website.

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