Magisterial Probe into Suspension of Kashmiri Students
MEERUT; A magisterial probe has been ordered into the events leading to the suspension of 67 Kashmiri students at Swami Vivekanand Subharti University (SVSU) here after they reportedly cheered for Pakistan during the India-Pak match in the Asia Cup on Sunday.
Officials said the additional city magistrate (Sadar) would conduct the inquiry.
Reports said 67 students were expelled from the university after they celebrated Pakistan's victory.
SVSU vice-chancellor Manzoor Ahmad said the issue has been "unnecessarily politicized". "It is true the boys had raised pro-Pakistan slogans but there was no fight between students, since at that point, only Kashmiri students were watching the match in that particular hostel," he said.
"After this incident, they were suspended by the warden for three days. But they continued to be defiant as they did not appeal the decision.'' Ahmad said resentment grew among other students. "To save the situation from worsening, we asked the erring students to leave for Delhi as Meerut, being highly communally sensitive, would be unsafe for them. So we arranged a few buses and dispatched them."
In a similar incident, Handia Mohalla in Lalkurti area of Meerut also witnessed cheering by a few local youth after Pakistan won the match. Sources said the altercation could have snowballed into a major communal clash if police had not controlled the situation in time.
The incidents took political overtones when BJP leaders demanded strict action against the youth including filing of cases under sections relating to treason.
Later a delegation led by BJP MLA Satyaprakash Agarwal attacked the SSP's office and demanded strict action against the students as well as Handia Mohalla youths. According to Agarwal, the incident at Subharti University established there was "a anti-indian connection" here.
On the other hand, Generating a new debate among Kashmir’s netizens, the expulsion of Kashmiri students is turning out to be a hot topic on various social networking sites in Kashmir.
“For us they are tourists and for them we are terrorists,” writes Irfan ahmad on his facebook wall. With the comments condemning the expulsion of students, various posts expressed concerns- saying the move shall have a disastrous impact upon the minds of the Kashmiri youth.
Another facebook post reads that from now on, the people will be really scared of sending their children outside the state. ‘Repeating a mistake is certainly mistake’.
With emoticon at the end of the status, another facebook user wrote ‘the expelled will watch the final at home’. Mohammad Asad takes on twitter and wrote ‘It's a bit mad - is this atypical, or something that happens regularly when there are Pak-Ind matches?’
A facebook user who is a journalist by profession uploaded his status wherein he states, “It happens regularly but I'm hearing it for the first time that Kashmiri students were 'expelled' by the varsity admin and told to study in Pakistan”
The incident also caught eyes of international news organizations, as the report was thoroughly covered by Aljazeera titled ‘Kashmiri students expelled over Pakistan‘.
Officials said the additional city magistrate (Sadar) would conduct the inquiry.
Reports said 67 students were expelled from the university after they celebrated Pakistan's victory.
SVSU vice-chancellor Manzoor Ahmad said the issue has been "unnecessarily politicized". "It is true the boys had raised pro-Pakistan slogans but there was no fight between students, since at that point, only Kashmiri students were watching the match in that particular hostel," he said.
"After this incident, they were suspended by the warden for three days. But they continued to be defiant as they did not appeal the decision.'' Ahmad said resentment grew among other students. "To save the situation from worsening, we asked the erring students to leave for Delhi as Meerut, being highly communally sensitive, would be unsafe for them. So we arranged a few buses and dispatched them."
In a similar incident, Handia Mohalla in Lalkurti area of Meerut also witnessed cheering by a few local youth after Pakistan won the match. Sources said the altercation could have snowballed into a major communal clash if police had not controlled the situation in time.
The incidents took political overtones when BJP leaders demanded strict action against the youth including filing of cases under sections relating to treason.
Later a delegation led by BJP MLA Satyaprakash Agarwal attacked the SSP's office and demanded strict action against the students as well as Handia Mohalla youths. According to Agarwal, the incident at Subharti University established there was "a anti-indian connection" here.
On the other hand, Generating a new debate among Kashmir’s netizens, the expulsion of Kashmiri students is turning out to be a hot topic on various social networking sites in Kashmir.
“For us they are tourists and for them we are terrorists,” writes Irfan ahmad on his facebook wall. With the comments condemning the expulsion of students, various posts expressed concerns- saying the move shall have a disastrous impact upon the minds of the Kashmiri youth.
Another facebook post reads that from now on, the people will be really scared of sending their children outside the state. ‘Repeating a mistake is certainly mistake’.
With emoticon at the end of the status, another facebook user wrote ‘the expelled will watch the final at home’. Mohammad Asad takes on twitter and wrote ‘It's a bit mad - is this atypical, or something that happens regularly when there are Pak-Ind matches?’
A facebook user who is a journalist by profession uploaded his status wherein he states, “It happens regularly but I'm hearing it for the first time that Kashmiri students were 'expelled' by the varsity admin and told to study in Pakistan”
The incident also caught eyes of international news organizations, as the report was thoroughly covered by Aljazeera titled ‘Kashmiri students expelled over Pakistan‘.
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