Software engineer held for ‘Jai Pakistan' slogan in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: City police arrested a 25-year-old software engineer in Whitefield recently on charges of shouting "Jai Pakistan".The accused, Shubhanshu Shukla, is a resident of a paying guest accommodation in Prashant Layout.
Hailing from Chhattisgarh and a computer science engineer, he has been residing there for more than four years, investigations have revealed.Shukla, a bachelor, who was booked under multiple sections of BNS, claimed he never intended to hail Pakistan, though police are yet to accept that argument.The incident took place on the night of May 10, when some residents of Prashant Layout called the police control room (112), saying that a youth was shouting pro-Pak slogans. Immediately, a Hoysala vehicle reached the spot and Shukla was apprehended.Residents then shared a video with the police, showing Shukla shouting "Jai Pakistan". He was immediately taken to Whitefield police station and arrested.In his statement to the police, Shukla claimed he had initially chanted pro-India slogans. "Happy with the success of Operation Sindoor, I came out of my PG, shouting 'Jai Bharat, Jai Bharat'. However, no one, including my roommates, reacted. Disappointed with the lack of response, I thought perhaps shouting a pro-Pak slogan would elicit some response. So, I shouted 'Jai Pakistan'.""We are not sure whether the accused raised a pro-India slogan. No one had recorded it. Though when he shouted 'Jai Pakistan', people recorded it," an investigating officer said.
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