New Delhi: Three Kashmiri students at a private engineering college in Karnataka have been charged with sedition for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans and posting videos on a messaging application on Saturday.As per Deccan Herald, the Hubbali city police arrested three students, identified as Ameer, Basit and Talib, who are currently in their first semester of a civil engineering course in KLE Institute of Technology.On February 14, a programme had been organised at the college to remember the Pulwama terror attack, which left over 40 CRPF jawans dead. The three students apparently stayed back in their hostel and uploaded a video on WhatsApp to their friends in which they raised ‘Azadi’ and ‘Pakistan zindabad’ slogans.After the college principal Basavaraj Anami learned of the video on Saturday, he summoned the students to his chamber. Members of the local unit of the Bajrang Dal, who were staging a protest, also entered the principal’s chambers.It was then that the principal, who felt that the situation was getting out of control, informed the police, according to Deccan Herald.“We received information that three students hailing from Kashmir studying at the KLE Institute of Technology had raised slogans supporting Pakistan. They had made a video about it which has gone viral. Immediately our team headed by Inspector Gokul Road station went to the spot and arrested them,” Hubli-Dharwad police commissioner R. Dileep told PTI.Also read: The Contrasting Police Responses to a Play Against CAA and Reenactment of Babri DemolitionWhile the police wanted to take away the students to the police station safely, the Bajrang Dal workers questioned why they were being given protection. The latter apparently raised slogans against the police, as per Deccan Herald, and also manhandled one of the accused students.“The Kashmiri students have taken admission into the college under the government quota. After seeing the video, the college has filed a case with the police. The accused students have already been suspended from the college. They have been handed over to the police for further action,” said Anami, the principal.The Hubbali police commissioner confirmed that charges have been filed against under IPC sections related to sedition and affecting communal harmony. “We are investigating, and whatever comes out as per evidence, law and facts, we will take further action. We will look into their background, whether anyone has tried to mislead them,” he said.Union minister Prahlad Joshi, who belongs to the district, demanded strict action against the accused students.The state’s large and medium industries minister Jagadish Shettar stated in Dharwad on Saturday that the government will not tolerate any anti-national activities. He added that “such incidents are not good for the progress of the country”.