Three Kashmiri students beaten up after altercation

2016-09-27

Main Information

  • Victim Names Mujahid Zahid, Kaiser Bushi, Naseer Hussain
  • Date of Incident 2016-09-27
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Shahnawaz, Tausif, Nikhil, Dubey, and Rohit
  • State Haryana
  • City/District Ganga Institute of Technology and Management, Kablana, Jhajjhar, Ganga Institute of Technology and Management, Kablana, Jhajjhar, Haryana
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Ganga Institute of Technology and Management, Kablana, Jhajjhar, Haryana
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

Three Muslim Kashmiri students were beaten up in their university by 5 students, and hostel guards. They had a dispute initially with 2 students of the same faith and later on with the guards in the afternoon. The students were beaten in the mess while they were eating in the evening. They had to be hospitalized. While two of them got minor injuries, the third one suffered serious injuries. No complaint was lodged. Police said no communal angle was given to the incident. There was a protest in the college by the Kashmiri students for the poor security of the students.