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Stand-off continues at NIT, Srinagar
The stand-off in the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here continued on Thursday with non-local students staying away from classes. Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh arrived here on Thursday from Jammu to speak to the non-local students of the NIT in a bid to defuse tensions.
Magisterial probe ordered into the unrest
Srinagar : The stand-off in the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here continued on Thursday with non-local students staying away from classes. Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh arrived here on Thursday from Jammu to speak to the non-local students of the NIT in a bid to defuse tensions. The state's DGP K. Rajendra Kumar also visited the campus and met the agitating students.
Meanwhile, the police released some video footage showing non-local students indulging in violence. "Two FIRs pertaining to vandalism, damage to public property and obstructing a public servant from discharging duties have been lodged in Nigeen police station against those who created a law and order situation within the campus," said the police.
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) troopers have been deployed inside the campus while local policemen are stationed at the gates of the campus. The NIT administration has issued a notice asking non-local students who intend to visit their homes to provide telephone numbers of their parents so that permission could be obtained for them to leave the campus.
The Jammu and Kashmir government ordered a magisterial probe into the unrest in the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, where non-local students are boycotting classes in protest. "The magisterial probe will be carried out by additional district development commissioner Srinagar who will submit his report to the government within 15 days," Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, who arrived here on Thursday morning from Jammu, told reporters.
On Monday evening, around 500 non-local students raised the slogan 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and carried the tricolour, when police prevented them from moving out of the campus and stage a protest on the road. The protesting students are demanding that the NIT be shifted out of the Kashmir Valley, and action against some faculty members who allegedly stoked communal and anti-national passions among the students.
Meanwhile, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday condemned the use of force against students. Terming as "unprovoked action" the baton-charge by police on students , the BJP said police should change its behaviour towards young students.
