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Brawl between suspended Kashmir students and NGO staff
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Wednesday, 19 March 2014
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Srinagar: A scuffle broke out
between a group of ousted students and staff members of a nongovernmental
organization, which had facilitated their admissions under the prime minister’s
scholarship scheme in an Indian varsity.
The brawl broke out during a parent meet held at the NGOs
office in Jawahar Nagar area of uptown Srinagar.
Rabia Baaji, who heads the All India Centre for Urban and
Rural Development, had organized a meeting of parents of Kashmir students, who
were thrown out after they cheered for Pakistan during a cricket match against
India earlier this month.
The meet was attained by at least 40 parents. At
least 67 Kashmir students were suspended by Meerut’s Swami Vivekanand Subharti
University (SVSU) over cheering for Pakistan cricket team after they defeated
India in a league match of previously held Asia cup in Bangladesh and were
charged with sedition. However, after a public outcry, the sedition charges
were revoked, but the students have been booked for creating communal hatred
and ruckus.
“I had organized the meet of parents of suspended
students so that their career and time could be saved. We were discussing the
ways forward. Everything was going well. Besides parents, there were students
also,” Rabia - who is also facilitator between varsity and students - told GNS.
She said: “Some parents are of the view that till safety
of their wards in the SVSU is not guaranteed, they won’t their wards to the
varsity while some students demand migration certificate. “We had also prepared
two separate lists,” she added.
“Suddenly a group of around 10 students started
ransacking in my office. They thrashed my staff and created mayhem,” Rabia
alleged. “These hypocrites can kill me too,” she said.
“These are those students who want migration from the
SVSU. They don’t want this issue to get settled,” she said.
The students, who allegedly ransacked Rabia’s office,
told GNS that the scuffle broke after her staff ‘thrashed’ them.
“Her staff thrashed us. They beat us and during the
scuffle, the furniture and other things in her office got damaged. A member of
her staff provoked me. He dragged me and started to ask where is your father,”
Aijaz Ahamd, one of the students, told GNS.
While quoting Rabia’s staff member, Aijaz said: “Are you
any Don from downtown?”
In the allegations and counter-allegations, Rabia has
lodged a complaint in Raj Bagh police station. “I need security and that is why
I called police,” she said.
Meanwhile, a parent, who attended the meet, told GNS that
until and unless their wards aren't guaranteed safety, they won’t send them to
SVSU.
“I will send my son to SVSU only if his security is
guaranteed. So far, nothing has been done in this regard,” Abdul Aziz of Pattan
told GNS.
Meanwhile, a senior police official confirmed to GNS that
they Rajbagh police received a complaint about the scuffle.
“An official was sent to the NGO office. We are looking
into the matter and the details will be shared soon,” he said.(GNS)
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