Two students from Malappuram district in Kerala were arrested on sedition charges for allegedly sticking posters on the Kashmir issue inside their college campus. The students have been booked under section 124(A) or sedition.
The arrested students, Rinshad Reera and Faris (20), belong to the B Com department of the Government College Malappuram. Both of them are part of the Radical Students Forum (RSF). The two were arrested following a complaint by the principal of the college, KS Maya.
One poster they placed read “Protest against the attacks on Kashmiri students by Sangh Parivar workers”.
Cases against 7 students from the college have been registered so far. Out of this, two have been arrested. Both the arrested were produced before the district magistrate.