Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been demanding the release of one Vishal Jood who is presently in jail in Australia. Jood, a youth from Kurukshetra in Haryana, was arrested in Sydney on 16 April for a series of hate crimes against the Sikh community. Khattar has even spoken to foreign minister S Jaishankar and sought his help on the matter. A statement release from the director of public relations, Haryana government said that: "External Affairs Minister assured CM that Vishal Jood would be released from prison in Australia very soon. Haryana's young Vishal Jood fought firmly with anti-national forces and didn't allow the tricolor to be insulted." The government also claimed that "anti-national forces" beat up Jood and got him "arrested under a false case". Several right wing websites and social media accounts have been carrying out a campaign demanding Jood's release. This article will try to answer two questions: Wh
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