An Indian court granted bail Wednesday to three students jailed for celebrating India's defeat to arch-rival Pakistan in a T20 World Cup cricket match last year, their lawyer said.
The students were arrested in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in October and charged with sedition just days after Pakistan beat India by 10 wickets in Dubai.
Arsheed Yusuf, Inayat Altaf Sheikh and Showkat Ahmed Ganai, studying at an engineering college in the city of Agra, allegedly posted "objectionable content" on social media and chanted "anti-India" slogans, local media reported.
They all hail from Indian-administered Kashmir, where anti-India sentiment is widespread in a Muslim-majority region disputed for decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Days after the match Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, said anyone celebrating Pakistan's victory would be charged with sedition.
Police launched other investigations in Kashmir after several hundred students also celebrated the defeat.
Anger against Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi's government has simmered since August 2019 after it revoked the disputed region's semi-autonomous status.
6.9K views · 135 reactions | I’m genuinely shocked and saddened by reports that Will Jackson, Conservative candidate for North Harrow in the elections next month, has told British-born Asian MPs like Rishi Sunak and Shabana Mahmood that they are “not British” and should “go back to Pakistan,” He also suggested figures like Anthony Joshua and Dua Lipa aren’t British.I have raised this important matter in Parliament today, because there is no place for racism in our politics.I’m proud of Harrow’s diverse, close-knit communities. Every candidate should seek to unite people, not divide them.This matter must be taken seriously. I welcome the Conservative Party’s statement that Mr Jackson’s comments are wholly unacceptable and their decision to suspend him.But serious questions remain about how he was selected as a candidate in the first place, and why he was considered fit to represent our community.https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/13/conservative-candidate-tells-british-mps-to-go-back-to-pakistan/🎥 👇 | Gareth Thomas MP 
