Pulwama attack: FIR against AMU student Basim Hilal for tweeting How's the Jaish

The action against Basim Hilal was taken over a distasteful tweet he posted yesterday soon after a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide bomber blew up a Central Reserve Police Force bus in Jammu and Kashmir, killing at least 40 jawans.

An FIR has been registered against Basim Hilal, a student of the Aligarh Muslim University, for his tweet over yesterday's Pulwama attack. Basim has been booked under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code (promoting enmity) & Section 67A of the Information Technology Act (publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form). Hilal has also been suspended by his university.

The action against Hilal was taken over a distasteful tweet he posted yesterday soon after a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide bomber blew up a Central Reserve Police Force bus in Jammu and Kashmir, killing at least 40 jawans.

The attack, which took place in Lethipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, attracted widespread condemnation from across the world.

However, some on Twitter thought fit to actually celebrate the attack. These accounts posted vile tweets welcoming the Pulwama attack.

AMU's Basim Hilal was among those who posted such tweets. Hilal, who is a mathematics student at the university, tweeted, "How's the Jaish? Great Sir." His tweet was twist on the catchphrase used in the recently released Uri: The Surgical Strike.

Courtesy : India Today