Hubli-Dharwad police commissioner Ramaswamy Dileep | Photo Credit: ANI

Key Highlights The trio, identified as Ameer, Basit and Talib from Kashmir's Shopian district, were booked under section 124 of the IPC The incident occurred when the college was holding a function to pay homage to the martyrs of the Pulwama attack They have been suspended from the institute

Bengaluru: Three Kashmiri students of KLE Institute of Technology, who were arrested after their video allegedly with pro-Pakistan slogans went viral, have been released after the execution of Bond under section 169 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

The students had been booked for sedition after a video, in which they allegedly raised pro-Pakistan slogans, went viral on the social media.

Hubballi Police Commissioner Ramaswamy Dileep said that the three suspects were questioned for raising pro-Pakistan and 'Azadi' slogans in their college hostel on Friday, which coincided with the first anniversary of Pulwama terror attack in Kashmir a year ago.

The trio, identified as Ameer, Basit and Talib from Kashmir's Shopian district, were booked under section 124 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on a complaint filed by the KLES Institute of Technology for attempting to disturb communal harmony by raising anti-national slogans.

The ABVP had carried out a protest yesterday outside the university campus demanding their rustication from the institute.

The institute's principal Basavraj Anami who had filed the complaint had said that the first-year students got admission under the central government quota.

"The incident occurred when the college was holding a function to pay homage to the martyrs of the Pulwama attack on Friday. Instead of attending the event, they were in the hostel taking a video of them shouting pro-Pakistan slogans," IANS quoted Dileep as saying.

Talking to the media, the principal said he came to know about the incident on Saturday when the video went viral on social media after they uploaded its footage to their friends' WhatsApp groups.

Until further investigation, the college suspended the three students from the institute.

Condemning the students for raising pro-Pakistan and anti-India slogans, state Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar said the government will not tolerate anti-national activities by anyone and said that students who avail government scholarships and raise slogans against the country think that they can get away by indulging in such anti-national activities.