Attack on Kashmiri students in Chandigarh

2019-02-14

Main Information

  • Victim Names Zahid Wani, Mohsin, Naveed, Faisal, Manzoor Ahmad Mir
  • Date of Incident 2019-02-14
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Chandigarh
  • City/District Raipur, Raipur
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Raipur
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

The university canteen was stormed by Maharashtrian students where there were about 34 Kashmiri pupils. Windows were broken, and their hostel rooms were looted. They were injured, four of them. Their lockers were damaged, and they received threats regarding what would happen if they continued attending college.This comes after the Pulwama attack in the country