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Cricket is an emotion for many in India, Pakistan and a few other countries. Team India clinched a big win against arch-rivals in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match on Sunday. Amid this social media is getting flooded with videos of fans celebrating India's victory. Even videos of Team Pakistan's supporters mourning the loss have gone viral. Well, recently, a video has surfaced on social media that shows a youth being assaulted at Lahore Stadium for holding an Indian flag. Moreover, it is claimed that the youth was arrested.
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Youth Assaulted and Arrested For Displaying an Indian Flag!
In the video, the youth can be seen displaying the Indian flag among the crowd while sitting in the stands. Next, the clip shows a man in a suit snatching away the Indian flag from the youth. The man in the suit, seeming to be an official, holds the youth by his collar and drags him from his seat. Another official is seen standing next to him. Both of them drag and push him making their way out of the stands.
As claimed, the youth was arrested for displaying the Indian flag at Lahore Stadium.
While the authenticity behind the claims and video couldn't be verified, the incident has triggered an outrage on social media. Several users have shared the short video clip and condemned the incident. While the source of the video couldn't be verified, it is shared on X by Riseup Pant, with a description reading, "A man arrested and beaten in Lahore stadium for having Indian Flag." (sic)
In another post, the user wrote, "It's for the agenda people who were showing Pakistan as progressive country bcz few fans celebrated Kohli's 100. They were using those videos to defame India but they won't show you this." (sic)
Several users even pointed out that certain people in India also display Pakistan's flag to support their team.
One user wrote, "Condemning this incident in the strongest terms everyone has the right to support their team without fear of persecution." (sic)
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Another wrote, "They are not allowed even in stadium and it is only one. Meanwhile in India people flying pakistani flags during several occasions and in lots of numbers. Now if police will take action in India then it will be against the freedom. How dual personality for both countries." (sic)
