Hyderabad: Three young men from Jammu and Kashmir were arrested by the Rajendranagar police, who claim that they had not stood up when the National Anthem was played before the screening of a Hindi movie.

Though the complainant officially is the mall’s management, the information about the students not standing up was sent to the police by a senior police officer who was present in the theatre. This was confirmed by an investigating officer, N. Shiva Prasad. He refused to divulge his name.

Sources said that the policeman sent a text message to the cops following which a police team caught hold of the three at the theatre.

Mr Amjadullah Khan, chief of the Majilis Bachao-Tehreek (MBT), said, “I sent some of my party workers to meet the students. They told them that they had in fact stood up for the Anthem. This can be verified by CCTV cameras.”

On the section under which the three were booked, Mr Shiva Prasad clarified that they had invoked Section 2 of Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act as it applies to disrespecting the national anthem too.