Have raised issue of their well-being with UP govt: J&K guv
SRINAGAR : Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday said that his administration has taken up the issue of the well-being of Kashmiri students studying in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) with the Uttar Pradesh government.
The governor’s assertion came a day after three Kashmiri students of AMU were booked on sedition charges for allegedly raising “anti-India” slogans and trying to hold a funeral prayer meeting for Hizbul Mujahideen militant Manan Bashir Wani on October 12.
During an interaction with youth at Sheri Kashmir International Convention Centre, the governor assured that his administration has taken up the concern for well-being of Kashmiri students studying in AMU with their administrative counterparts in Uttar Pradesh, an official spokesman of the J-K government said.
The issue has flared up tempers in the Kashmir Valley.
Independent legislator from Langate Sheikh Abdul Rasheed, also known as Engineer Rashid,
GOVERNOR MALIK’S STATEMENT COMES A DAY AFTER 3 KASHMIRI STUDENTS OF AMU WERE BOOKED FOR SEDITION
was detained after trying to take a protest march in Srinagar in solidarity with Kashmiri students of AMU.
“They just want to harass the Kashmiri students. I don’t know whether the students have offered prayers of Manan Wani or not. Even if they have, it is not a crime,” Rashid told Hindustan Times after he was let off by police.Moderate separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemned the sedition charges on Kashmiri students and demanded an end to the harassment of Kashmiri students.