Watch | Bareilly: Two Minor Muslim Boys Arrested for Listening to Pakistani Songs
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Two minor Muslim boys were jailed in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district on Thursday, April 14 for listening to Pakistani songs.
According to the locals of Bareilly's Singhai Murawan village, where the incident took place, a video of Naeem (16) and Mustkim (17) listening to the songs, in which the lyrics 'Pakistan zindabad' can be heard, went viral on social media and a police complaint was registered against them thereafter.
Subsequently, a first information report (FIR) was lodged against the two cousins.
Hear what the locals and the authorities have to say.
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