‘Last week, students had protested against alleged thrashing
of Kashmiri scholar'
Bhat Imran
Srinagar, Jan 03: Uttar Pradesh Police has directed the Aligarh
Muslim University (AMU) authorities to furnish details of students
of Jammu and Kashmir studying in the varsity.
An official communiqué issued by the Assistant Controller
Examination of AMU (UP) has said that the details are to be
sought on directions of Superintendent of Police, Aligarh.
It is leant that the Assistant Controller Examination has asked its
deans of the faculties, Dean Student Welfare (DSW), Chairmen
of the all Department of Studies in faculties to submit the details
of Kashmiri students studying in the varsity.
Besides, the authorities have also sought details from the
principal of colleges, polytechnic, S.H. Senior Secondary School
boys and girls, STS School, AMU Girls School, RMPS AMU City
School, AMU ABK School of boys and girls coordinator, AMU
Centre Nodal Office, Centre of Professional Courses, Disability
Unit, B.E. (Evening) Course, Interdicts, Biotech Unit,
Interdisciplinary Centre for Artificial Intelligence, interdis centre for
green and renewable energy
The letter has also been shot to director, K.A. Nizami Centre for
Quranic Studies, CEPECAMI, Centre for Interdisc, biomedical
and human factors engineering, centre for women's studies,
centre of advanced study schools and nodal officer of community
college.
Assistant Controller Examination of AMU said, “I am directed to
request these officials to furnish the Information with regard to
total number of students studying in the faculty, centre etcetera
male and female wise total number of Jammu and Kashmiri
students admitted with complete details during the session 2022-
2023.”
The officer has directed to furnish the details on priority. “The
information is to be provided to the Superintendent of Police of
Aligarh.”
Pertinently, on December-25-2022, KNO reported that scores of
Kashmiri students protested at AMU following the alleged
thrashing of a Kashmiri student.
One of the protesting students had informed that, “Some students
of the university were playing badminton at 1 Am and a Ph.D
scholar from Kashmir asked them not to disturb the students.”
“The students who were playing badminton in anger started
thrashing him on Saturday late evening. The matter didn't end
here, some more non-Kashmiri students came in a group the very
next day and started thrashing the Kashmiri students,” the
students allege.
He said, “When we tried to contact the concerned university
authority, they did not respond to our grievances that compelled
us to stage a protest against the administration.”
“We want the administration to immediately take strict action
against all those persons who are making a mockery of the
university,” the protesting students had said—(KNO)
