Delhi AIMIM president Shoaib Jamai was detained for hours in Okhla on Sunday and was released after the Asia Cup 2025 cricket match between India and Pakistan was finished with India winning the first clash demolishing the arch rival.
India bowled Pakistan for 127 for 9 and then achieved the required target and scored 131 for 3 in 15.5 overs. India won the match by seven wickets as 25 balls were left.
Shoaib, an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia and resident of Okhla, was released after the match was over, said his supporter, an AIMIM worker, adding that he was detained for 4 to 5 hours. After being released, he wrote on social media: “I have now come out of the police station, our companions should not worry at all. Truth always prevails.” Also, he shared several media clips claiming that he was detained for hours during India vs Pakistan T20 match at Asia Cup on Sunday night.
In the recently held Assembly elections, AIMIM had made a debut but lost to Amanatullah Khan in Okhla and even in Mustafabad. However, the party was successful in getting modest votes, increasing its following base in the national Capital.
Earlier in the day, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Delhi State President Dr Shoaib Jamai has threatened to disrupt any public screening of the India vs Pakistan match in Delhi.
In a group Shoaib wrote that the Delhi Police might arrest him for his call for boycotting the match. His supporters had gathered outside the Jamia Nagar police station waiting for the release of Shoaib.
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He wrote on social media: “AIMIM Delhi may disrupt any public screening of the IND vs Pak match tonight. Shame on the BJP for making a mockery of the Pahalgam martyrs. The war and the match cannot happen at the same time.” The threat comes after AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi criticised the government for allowing the IND vs PAK cricket match.
Several social media users backed the AIMIM for taking a stand against the India vs Pakistan cricket match in the Asia Cup 2025.
“Full support to Asaduddin Owaisi-ji,” wrote one of them.
“Boycott such fake patriots, boycott them, if you see them anywhere on the street, hit them with their own shoes,” wrote another.
“First time, I agree with Owaisi. We are Hindu and indian and BJP supporters. But, nothing is more than our country. First, I’m an Indian,” wrote another.
West Bengal Sports Minister Manoj Tiwary has vowed to boycott the India vs Pakistan cricket match in the Asia Cup 2025.
“I am boycotting the India vs Pakistan match as well as the Asia Cup because I cannot watch this. It needs to be understood that this is just a sport; this is not life. We are comparing human lives to sports; this should never be done,” the former cricketer said.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray and Aam Aadmi Party’s Saurabh Bharadwaj have also joined the “Boycott IND vs PAK” movement.
