Kashmiri man booked for using Pakistani flag as WhatsApp photo in Shimla: Officials

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The Police in Shimla have booked a man for using the image of the Pakistani flag as his display picture on WhatsApp, officials said on Sunday.

Adil Magray — a native of Anantnag in Jammu Kashmir, living near the Lakkar Bazar in Shimla since 2016 — works with a private gas agency in the state capital, the officials said.

Magray has been booked for “prompting enmity on grounds of religion, language, caste, race or community and imputations and assertions prejudicial to national integration”, the police said.

A case under Sections 196 and 197(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered against Magre, they said. – (PTI)

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