Kashmiri student expelled, booked over online post

A Kashmiri student at Allahabad’s Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS) was expelled and a case was registered against him late on Thursday for allegedly posting anti-India comments on a social networking website, police said. He was a final year student of BSc (biotechnology).
Superintendent of police (trans-Yamuna), Dipendra Nath Chaudhary, said on the basis of the complaint filed by deputy director (administration) and chief security officer of the university, Jai Narayan Singh, Naini police lodged a first information report (FIR) against the student under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act. “Further action will depend on the findings of the investigation. The local intelligence unit (LIU) is also looking into the matter.”
Along with the complaint, the SHUATS administration also gave to the police a screenshot of the comment in which the student had posted abuses in Hindi against the country.
The student is on the run, as he has since received threats on social media, and has even been called a “terrorist” while newspapers have described his comments objectionable.
Ahtisham-ul-Hassan, a resident of Shamsipora, Anantnag, is a final year student pursuing B.Sc (hons) Biotechnology at the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences Allahabad, and was suspended Thursday for his alleged “anti national” comments on Facebook.
One of his close friend on the condition of anonymity told over the phone that he was informally chatting with a college friend and were discussing the political developments in India. “They both agreed to delete the conversation but a third person came in between and took the screenshots and spread them on social media,” he said. 
He said that many people including activists of Shiva Sena were searching for him. “They even circulated videos on social media asking people to throw him out,” he said.
In one of the videos which this corespondent saw, a man can be heard saying that Ahtisham wants to create violence.
“We are apprehensive that he (Ahtisham) can commit a suicide attack like Lethpora attack and we appeal the higher authorities to kick this student from the country,” the man can be heard saying.
 “When students from the college saw his comments, some of the students tagged the comments with college website which made authorities aware about it and later protests broke out. Later the college authorities called Ahtisham and a meeting of proctorial board was also called by the authorities. The members of proctorial board started inquiry with the student but the student started refusing his involvement in comments, he was also warned of suspension. Later the student went out of the college and despite searches and calls the authorities have no clue about his whereabouts,” said a source.