Don't watch today's India-Pakistan Asia Cup match in groups or pay Rs 5,000 fine: Srinagar college

Ahead of the most exciting cricket match between India and Pakistan to be played under the Asia Cup 2022 today, the National Institute of Technology- Srinagar (NIT) has advised its students not to watch the match in groups or post anything related to the game on social media platforms.

In a notice issued by the dean of students' welfare, the institute administration has asked the students to remain in their allotted rooms during the match and not allow other students to enter their rooms and watch the match in groups.

The students have also been directed to avoid posting any material related to the match on social media platforms. Furthermore, they have been instructed not to step out of the hostel rooms during or after the match.


The institute has warned debarring any student from its hostel who is found to have invited other students to watch the match in the room allotted to him, with a fine of Rs 5,000 on each of the students involved.

The directives have been issued in the light of 2016 clashes that broke out between outstation and local students following India's defeat against West Indies in the T20 World Cup semi-final. The events lead to a closure of the NIT for several days.