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Man gets moviegoers arrested for not standing during national anthem
The two men were watching the movie 'Chitrangada' at INOX at Maheshwari Parmeshwari Mall in Kachiguda when they were arrested
The government recently passed the law that all moviegoers have to stand up for the national anthem played before a movie and while some do it, there are some instances which may happen otherwise. A Hyderabad man was recently annoyed when two men didn't stand up for the national anthem and got them arrested.
According to a report in the Huffington Post, a television journalist A. Sampath in Hyderabad helped in the arrest of two men, Syed Shafi Hussain and Mohammed Ilyas at INOX at Maheshwari Parmeshwari Mall in Kachiguda. A case was registered under Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 by the Sultan Bazaar Police while they were watching the movie ‘Chitrangada’.
Sampath said that he got them arrested as he felt “really annoyed” that they didn’t stand up even after he had asked them to. Hussain however said that he didn’t stand since he had sprained his leg and was finding it difficult.
