Kashmiri student beaten up in Sharda University, over 350 booked
A Kashmiri student was beaten up after a fight broke out between groups of Indian and Afghanistan students at Greater Noida-based Sharda University yesterday, prompting police to book over 350 students for rioting and related offenses. The scuffle follows another incident reported on Monday after a video surfaced on social media purportedly showing three Afghan students at the varsity roughing up the student.
Here's the video of the incident
Local students were aggrieved over University's lackadaisical approach: Police
"An Indian student from Kashmir was roughed up by other Indian students who is said to have posted provocative messages on a WhatsApp group from the side of the Afghan students involved in the fight on Monday," a senior police official said. "These Indian students were apparently aggrieved over the university's lackadaisical approach on the matter," the official added.
University officials have been careless on the matter: Police
Alleging the lack of cooperation from the university, the police official said, "The officials of the deemed university have been careless on the matter simmering since Monday and that has led to this situation." Though there was no official response from the university over the incident (till the filing of this report Thursday night), it has announced that classes would remain suspended till Sunday.
After yesterday's incident, University has suspended three students
A meeting was held by the University after the incident following which three students allegedly involved in the Monday fight were suspended. "A probe will be held to ascertain the cause of the fight and action taken against those guilty," an official said.
No official complaint was made to us about scuffle: Police
No official complaint was made to the police about the scuffle that broke out Thursday in which one Indian student suffered injuries and was taken to a hospital, said cops. Police force was deployed outside the University along with security personnel of the PAC. The University has also stepped up security on its premises and denied entry to outsiders, including the press.
Student suffered minor injuries, sent for medical examination: Police
"The police have taken the cognizance of the case on its own. The Indian student has suffered minor injuries, more of punches and slaps, but was sent for medical examination so that it could be checked if there is any internal injury or not," the police official said. "We've booked 350-400 students, Indians and Afghans both, and we are probing the matter," he said.
Case has been registered under various IPC Sections
The police officer said a case has been booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), and 506 (criminal intimidation). The other Sections include 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 352 (assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation), and related offenses. FIR has been filed at the Knowledge Park police station.
PAC was removed later in the day, police still deployed
The police have also charged the students under the Section 7 of The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1932, which pertains to any act that impedes another person from doing what they can rightfully do, using intimidation, the official said. The PAC was removed later in the day while officials from the Knowledge Park and some other police stations were still deployed outside the University.
