Two arrested in Hyderabad for not standing up for national anthem

Two persons were arrested in Hyderabad for failing to stand up for the national anthem inside an INOX theater . The incident, which happened on Saturday, saw police being called in to the theater in Kachiguda area after a journalist complained that two moviegoers, Syed Safeer Hussain and



Mohammed Ilyas, allegedly refused to stand up for the national anthem. The police arrived in the middle of the film and took Hussaini and Ilyas to the police station. The journalist was identified as A. Sampath, who said he informed the police out of "personal interest" and as "a citizen".