The Jammu & Kashmir Police booked a student of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, on November 29 for allegedly “insulting Islam” and “outraging the religious feelings”, in the wake of protests spreading in the Kashmir Valley following reports of an objectionable post shared on social media by the student.
A police spokesperson said the J&K Police had taken cognisance of the incident of “uploading of sensitive content against religious sentiments of a particular community by one student of the NIT, Srinagar”.
A case had been registered under Section 295A (malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings), 153 and 153A (vilification of the founders and prophets of a religion) of the Indian Penal Code, the police said.
