HYDERABAD: The Jamshoro police have registered cases against 21 students of the Sindh University (SU) along with 13-14 other suspects on the charges of sedition in the backdrop of the Nov 18 event held in connection with the Sindh Cultural Day, Dawn News reported.

According to the report, the police registered the FIR on last Friday under sections 123-A, 124-A, 153-A, 505, 19, 147, 145 and 203 of the Pakistan Penal Code vide crime No. 305/21 on the complaint of Sub-Inspector Ghulam Hussain.

Students belonging to different political and nationalist parties celebrated the day and raised anti-Pakistan slogans, the complainant stated.

The booked students include Wasim Chandio, Irfan Soomro, Waqar Panhwar, Abid Jamali, Akash Lakho, Arsalan Arisar, Danish Leghari, Darya Khan Panhwar, Fida Hussain Panhwar, Jamshed Unnar, Hafeez Umrani, Imtiaz Ali Pahore, Janib Wassan, Jaswand Meghwar, Mansoor Kalwar, Azeem Jatoi, Muzamil Abbasi, Rashid Ali Zardari, Sajjad Ali Panhwar, Sarmad Hussain Chandio and Waqar Ali Panhwar.

According to Jamshoro Station House Officer (SHO), the FIR was registered after 16 days as the police was confirming the names of the suspects involved in the incident.

On Nov 27, the university's administration had issued notices to the suspects for violating discipline and the code of conduct for holding the event.

“It has been observed that they [students] have not followed the guidelines given in the Registrar Office [vide] Circular No. S.U.G/623, dated: 12.11.2021 and created law and order situation which has severely affected the educational environment and peaceful study atmosphere,” the notice read.