Indian fan who played prank in Pakistani jersey at Dubai match gets threats back home in UP's Bareilly

At the packed stadium, he looked for an Indian team jersey but they were all sold out. There was a Pakistan jersey on sale, though, and he bought it. He had little idea about the storm it would trigger back home. As pictures of "an Indian man supporting Pakistan" went viral in his hometown, Jaiswal's family started getting threats. Some tagged him in tweets and others appealed to chief minister Yogi Adityanath, senior police officers and BJP politicians to order an FIR against him. A distress call went out to Jaiswal from his family, which runs a flourishing liquor trade and real estate business in Bareilly, to make his stand clear urgently. He did. Jaiswal said, "Like many others, I am, of course, a supporter of the Indian cricket team. I had planned to watch the match from the stadium with my friend, who came to Dubai all the way from the US. After I failed to get an Indian jersey at the store outside the stadium, I picked up a Pakistan jersey, which was available. I thought I would tease Pakistani fans by shouting 'Hindustan zindabad' while wearing their national colours. I didn't know such a harmless thing would result in misery for me."

An overjoyed Sanyam Jaiswal wrapped himself in the Indian flag after Hardik Pandya scored the winning runHe added: "It was all innocent. Though I was wearing the Pakistan jersey, I also had the Indian flag in my hand. My father is a heart patient and he says he will get an attack from all the tension. Everyone is calling me a traitor." A family member who did not want to be identified said, "Sanyam even has a video in which a Pakistani fan is asking him why he's supporting India. What does he need to do to prove that he is not anti-India? This is so sad." Jaiswal is distraught. "I