The Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday mentioned that the Gujarat authorities is taking strict motion in opposition to the perpetrators of violence at a college in Ahmedabad in which two foreign students sustained accidents.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned one of many two foreign students injured in the violence has been discharged from hospital. “An incidence of violence took place at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad yesterday. State government is taking strict action against the perpetrators,” he mentioned on ‘X’. “Two foreign students were injured in the clash. One of them has been discharged from hospital after receiving medical attention,” he mentioned.
According to Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik, the incident occurred on Saturday night time when some 20-25 individuals entered a hostel premises of Gujarat University in Ahmedabad “and objected to the international students offering namaz there, asking them to do so in a mosque. They argued over the issue, assaulted them and hurled stones”.
Two students — one from Sri Lanka and one other from Tajikistan — had been hospitalised, the police mentioned. An FIR was registered in opposition to 20-25 individuals and 9 groups had been fashioned to conduct a probe into the incident, Malik mentioned.
There are round 300 worldwide students enrolled on the college together with from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka and nations in Africa, he mentioned. Nearly 75 of the worldwide students keep in the A-block hostel of the college the place the incident occurred, the official mentioned. All these concerned in the incident will likely be arrested, the official mentioned, including the case will likely be monitored by the joint commissioner of police (crime).
(With inputs from PTI)
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