3 J&K students booked over Anthem row

Hyderabad: Three engineering students from Jammu and Kashmir have been booked for allegedly disrespecting the National Anthem by not standing when it was being played in a cinema hall here, the Cyberabad police said on Sunday.

The incident occurred on Saturday when the three students of a private college went to watch a Hindi movie and allegedly did not stand up when the National Anthem was played before the film’s screening, the police said.

“The management of the theatre lodged a complaint,” the DCP said, and they were taken into custody. — PTI 

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