Bengaluru student booked for raising ‘Free Kashmir’ placard

BENGALURU A young woman was arrested and booked by Bengaluru police for holding a “Free Kashmir” placard at a protest in the city. The woman, identified as Arudra Narayanan, is a resident of Malleswaram in west Bengaluru and a student of a private college. The “Kashmir Mukti, Dalit Mukti, Muslim Mukti” slogans were written in both Kannada and English in the placard held by her. On Thursday, a 19- year-old girl, Amulya Leona, had raised “Pakistan Zindabad” slogan thrice in the presence of All India Majlis-eIttehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi after the organisers of the event under the banner of “Save Constitution” invited her to address the gathering.—KMS