Kashmiris
attacked in India's Chandigarh college
CHANDIGARH: In yet another incident
related to cricket, at least half a dozen Kashmiri students sustained injuries
after Indian students and residents allegedly thrashed them at the Swami
Parmanand College of Engineering & Technology (SPCET) in Chandigarh,
forcing them to flee. The Kashmiri students were watching cricket match between
Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the hostel room, when the Indian students thrashed
them. "Around 9pm, we were watching Pakistan's match in Block A of the
college hostel when around 80 Indian students barged into our block and started
thrashing us ruthlessly," said Nazim Mughal, a 6th semester BTech student.
The reason for their aggression
against us was Pakistan's match. They didn't like it. It was intolerable for
them to see us watching the match," the Kashmiri student said. Following
the incident, the hostel's warden and police rushed to the spot and directed
the Kashmiri students to remain in their rooms. "We obeyed their
order," the students said. At 12am, around 25 masked men, holding iron
rods and sticks, barged into our block and beat us mercilessly. They also broke
glasses of windows. These people were not students but outsiders," the
students said. They said that the thrashing incidents led to injuries to at
least six students who belong to Indian-held Kashmir. "Fortunately, no one
among us sustained head injuries," they said.
"The
police arrived again and detained four students, however, they were freed
later," said Muhammad Rashid, a student who is basically from Jammu.
Following the attacks, the students requested the college authorities to return
their documents so that they could go back to their homes in the disputed state
of Jammu Kashmir. "We felt insecure in the institution," said Nazim. About
250 to 300 students from Indian-held Jammu Kashmir are studying in the college
and 90 per cent are admitted here under a government scheme. College principal
Jyoti Kaul Matto said that there was a 'minor scuffle' between the students and
claimed it has no connection with the cricket match. She admitted that there
were injuries to the students but of 'minor nature.'
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