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The ripples of India’s win over Pakistan haven’t fairly died down, as experiences emerge of a 15-year-old boy and his dad and mom being arrested and their scrap store demolished by the authorities in Malyan in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district.

The incidents increase uncomfortable questions.

The police stated that they had acted on receiving a criticism that the boy had raised ‘anti-national’ slogans throughout the ICC Champions Trophy recreation between the arch rivals.

The dad and mom of the boy have been charged beneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 196 (selling enmity between totally different teams on grounds of faith), 197 (imputations, assertions prejudicial to nationwide integration) and three (5) (acts achieved by a number of individuals in furtherance of widespread intention).

The police motion has been endorsed by Nilesh Rane — MLA from the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction and son of former union minister Narayan Rane, who alleged on X that the “scrap seller made anti-India feedback”.

Promising to “guarantee he’s ultimately thrown out of the district” Rane stated: “for now now we have destroyed his scrap enterprise”. Posting pictures of the demolition motion, Rane thanked the Malvan municipal council and the police for taking “rapid motion”.