{"id":191635,"date":"2026-01-02T10:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T05:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=191635"},"modified":"2026-01-02T16:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T11:37:44","slug":"police-summon-kashmiri-cricketer-tournament-organiser-over-palestine-flag-display-on-helmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/01\/02\/police-summon-kashmiri-cricketer-tournament-organiser-over-palestine-flag-display-on-helmet.html","title":{"rendered":"Police summon Kashmiri cricketer, tournament organiser over Palestine flag display on helmet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jammu: Indian police have summoned a Kashmiri cricket player and the organiser of a private tournament for questioning in connection with the use of Palestine flag during a match held in Jammu, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, the police said, the cricketer, identified as Furqan Butt, was seen wearing a helmet displaying the Palestine flag while participating in a match organised as part of a cricket tournament. Following this, both the player and the organiser of the tournament were summoned for questioning.<\/p>\n

Furqan\u2019s helmet drew the attention of the police after several social media users widely shared screenshots of him from the match when he was batting at the crease.<\/p>\n

The police in a statement said, “One cricket player and organiser of the tournament have been called for questioning by the police regarding the use of the Palestine flag on his helmet during a cricket match at a private tournament in Jammu.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Jammu: Indian police have summoned a Kashmiri cricket player and the organiser of a private tournament for questioning in connection with the use of Palestine flag during a match held in Jammu, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, the police said, the cricketer, identified as Furqan Butt, was seen …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":191636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jammu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t