Hyderabad: 16 students hailing from Jammu and Kashmir studying in two universities in Punjab were beaten up by students said to be from “UP and Bihar” after Pakistan defeated India in the T20 cricket match yesterday.
A video shared by Nasir Khuehami, the national spokesperson for Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA), on Twitter shows the room in which the Kashmiri students were watching the match. The broken handle of a chair, the mattresses with all its stuffing pulled out and the chipped study table upturned all bare proof to the haphazard manner in which the scuffle must have ensued.
Kashmiri studnts assaulted in Bhai GIET Sangur Punjab after #Indpak Match. Students from Bihar barged in their rooms, thrashed them &went on rampage, vandalised the rooms of students, damagd the hall, abusd & beat up a few others@CHARANJITCHANNI @AdityaMenon22 @ghazalimohammad pic.twitter.com/Dm7bPJkZ7d
— Nasir Khuehami (ناصر کہویہامی) (@NasirKhuehami) October 24, 2021
The video shows a Kashmir student saying, “We are here to study and hum bhi Indian hain.” Putting aside the political deliberations and various opinions on Kashmir and its statehood, this instance seems to highlight the growing trend of Islamophobia creeping its way into various pockets of the country.
The students claim that they were beaten up by other students hailing from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar while chants of “Go to Pakistan” were repeated in an insistent and aggressive manner. In fact, this attack...
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