Khet Kumar, who suffered accidents on his hand, mentioned the college guards thrashed them after they held an illustration. (Image: Reuters/Representative)
At least 15 college students from Pakistan’s minority Hindu group had been injured on Monday after members of a radical Islamic pupil organisation allegedly stopped them from celebrating Holi on the Punjab University premises right here.
Holi, a competition of colors, is widely known to mark the onset of spring.
The incident passed off on the Law College of Punjab University on Monday, when round 30 Hindu college students gathered to rejoice Holi.
“As students gathered at the lawns of the law college, the Islami Jamiat Tulba (IJT) activists forcibly stopped them from celebrating Holi, which led to a clash resulting in injuries to 15 Hindu students,” Kashif Brohi, a college pupil and an eyewitness advised PTI.
They had taken a previous permission from the college administration, Brohi claimed.
Khet Kumar, who suffered accidents on his hand, mentioned the college guards thrashed them after they held an illustration outdoors the Vice-Chancellor workplace to protest the remedy meted out by IJT members.
“We have filed an application with the police against the IJT and the security guards involved in thrashing and torturing us, but FIR has not been registered as yet,” Kumar mentioned.
When contacted by PTI, IJT (Punjab University) spokesperson Ibrahim Shahid denied the involvement of its college students within the incident.
“None of the students involved in a brawl with the Hindu students belong to the IJT,” he mentioned and added the IJT organised ‘Quran Reading’ on the legislation school.
Punjab University spokesman Khurram Shahzad advised PTI that the varsity administration had not given permission to the maintain Holi celebrations on the lawns of the legislation school.
“There would not have been any problem had the celebrations were observed indoors,” he mentioned.
Shahzad added the V-C has ordered inquiry into the matter.
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