New Delhi: Ahmedabad police on Sunday arrested two accused in reference to the Gujarat University Hostel incident. An FIR was registered on Saturday after college students hailing from totally different international nations had been assaulted allegedly by a gaggle of individuals within the Gujarat University hostel in Ahmedabad for providing namaz there.
Speaking to ANI, Zone 7 DCP Tarun Duggal stated that the FIR was registered in opposition to a gaggle of 20-25 individuals and 9 groups had been shaped to nab the accused. Two of the accused who’ve been arrested by the Ahmedabad crime department are Hitesh Mewada and Bharat Patel.
“In the incident that took place in the Gujarat University yesterday at 10.30 pm, an FIR was registered against a group of 20-25 people. Nine teams were formed to nab the accused… Two of those accused have been arrested, Hitesh Mewada and Bharat Patel… Search operations to arrest the remaining accused are underway,” stated DCP Duggal.
On Saturday, a gaggle of unidentified 20-25 individuals allegedly attacked a gaggle of international college students, pelted stones and vandalised hostel rooms within the hostel premises of Gujarat University in Ahmedabad whereas they had been providing Namaz.
Describing particulars of the incident, Ahmedabad Commissioner of Police, GS Malik, stated that round 300 international college students examine at Gujarat University and round 75 international college students keep in A Block of Hostel.
“Yesterday, at around 10:30 pm a group of students were offering Namaz. Around 20-25 people came and asked them why they were offering Namaz here & should instead read it in the Masjid. An argument broke out between them, stones were pelted and their rooms were vandalised by the people who came from outside,” he stated.
Two college students – one from Sri Lanka and one other from Tajikistan – had been hospitalised after the incident which occurred within the A-block hostel on Saturday evening, the police stated.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)stated is in contact with the Gujarat authorities over the incident of an alleged mob assault on some international college students of Gujarat University after they had been providing Namaz within the college hostel.
The state authorities is taking strict motion in opposition to the perpetrators and two international college students had been injured within the conflict, MEA stated in a submit on X.
“An incidence of violence took place at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad yesterday. The state government is taking strict action against the perpetrators. Two foreign students were injured in the clash. One of them has been discharged from hospital after receiving medical attention. MEA is in touch with the Gujarat Government,” MEA official spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal posted on X.
