But how can we not worry? Some of my close relatives are on their way to Agra. He added that the family spoke to Arshad on Tuesday and “he told us they are fine and not to be worried. They are very poor and sometimes relatives and local charitable organisation have to chip in,” Paul said.
“The mother does menial jobs in the locality to support her family. “Those celebrating Pakistan’s victory will face sedition,” a tweet posted on the official handle of UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s office said.īilal Ahmad Paul, the maternal uncle of Arshad Yusuf, said the boy was brought up by his mother in abject poverty. Yusuf and Inayat are in their third year of college, and Showkat is in his fourth. Showkat, Arshad Yusuf and Inayat Altaf, the last two from Budgam, were arrested by police over social media posts. He was set to join a reputed company and start a good career,” he said. “He is a meritorious student and has passed with good grades every year in college.
Mohammad Shaban Gania said Showkat was the family’s sole hope to turn around their fate. The Ganias say they are very poor with a large family to support. I appeal to the government to withdraw the case on the young students,” Gania, a labourer, told News18 over the phone from Bandipora. “I have no information on what he had posted but if he has erred, he should be forgiven and given a chance to correct himself.
Mohammad Shaban Gania said on Thursday that his family is worried about their son Showkat Ahmad, one of the three arrested engineering students of Raja Balwant Singh College in Agra.ĪLSO READ | Will Speak to Kashmir’s Youth, But Not Pak: L-G Manoj Sinha Quotes Amit Shah’s Mantra for Peace in J&K And they want authorities to forgive the youngsters. Kin of Kashmiri Students Arrested in UP for 'Cheering Pak's Cricket Win over India' Ask Govt to Forgive Themįamilies of the three Kashmiri students who were arrested after allegedly celebrating Pakistan’s win over India in a T20 World Cup match and were purportedly heckled and manhandled outside an Agra court as per videos on social media are mournful, hundreds of kilometres away from Uttar Pradesh.