Guv faces ‘pro-freedom’ protests

Students of Kashmir University held a ‘pro-freedom’ protest during a visit of varsity chancellor and state governor NN Vohra on Tuesday.

Vohra visited the university to inaugurate a laboratory block and interact with faculty of Institute of Kashmir Studies (IKS).

Eyewitnesses said as news of Vohra’s visit spread in the campus, many students gathered near IKS to protest. The students were holding a banner of Kashmir University Students Union (KUSU), which has been banned by university authorities. Some also held placards that read ‘We want freedom’ and ‘We stand by resistance leadership’.

A student said the protest was against the “human rights violations and atrocities of Indian forces on Kashmiri people”.

While returning, Vohra’s cavalcade slowed down when passing the protesting students who were shouting ‘Go India go back’.

Sources said Vohra slowed down to know if the students had specific issues but was informed by university officials that the protesters wanted ‘Azadi’. A Kashmir University official acknowledged around 20 students protested and that it was a completely peaceful protest.

The official said Vohra had come to interact with faculty members of IKS besides laying foundation stones of some new buildings inside the campus.

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