‘COPS HARASSED US’,

JAMMU: Students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar on Wednesday alleged police harassment and accused the college administration of threatening them, following last week’s clashes between local and outstation students.

“The director called a meeting with students. There he threatened us and said if you rake up the issue more, we will fail you and delay your degrees. At the same time, we got to know about the media presence at the gate of the institution. We went to interact with them but were stopped at the gate and the police lathicharged us,” a student said.

“No one is questioning those who raised anti-national slogans. Instead, we are facing atrocities of the local police and collage administration,” another student said.

The unrest follows last week’s clashes among students during the World Twenty20 semi-final match played between India and West Indies. India had lost the match, forcing the team out of the tournament.

Some engineering students from outside the state claimed Kashmiri students had chanted anti-India slogans and burst firecrackers after India’s defeat.

The NIT administration suspended classes and shut the campus down till Tuesday to prevent the situation from escalating, but students said they wanted to leave the campus.

To add to the tension, the Vishva Hindu Paris had( V HP) threatened a nationwide stir if security was not provided to non-Kashmiri students.

Deputy CM Nirmal Singh said there was ‘mild’ lathicharge when students tried to reach the main gate. He also spoke to C MM eh boob a Mufti about the incident.

NIT trended on social media as posts and pictures of the clashes did the rounds. A Facebook page ‘Save the students of NIT Srinagar’ was created while the hashtag #Jihad on NIT Student was used frequently on Twitter.