Kerala CM, senior leaders condemn assault on 4 Kerala college students at tribal college in MP

By PTI

ANUPPUR: Four college students from Kerala finding out on the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) in Madhya Pradesh’s Amarkantak have been injured in a conflict with safety personnel, an official stated on Sunday.

The incident has drawn sharp criticism from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who stated the rising hostility in direction of people based mostly on their identities needs to be resisted, and senior leaders of the southern state.

An argument broke out between the scholars and safety personnel over clicking photos at a water tank close to the college’s essential gate on March 10 evening, IGNTU’s public relations officer (PRO) Vijay Dixit stated. The matter escalated right into a battle, following which safety personnel approached the Amarkantak police station with a grievance towards the scholars, who in flip demanded that the college administration take motion towards the safety employees, he stated.

Four college students sustained accidents and have been rushed to Anuppur district hospital in an ambulance, the official stated, including that additional motion shall be taken quickly on the grievance filed by the scholars.

Amarkantak police station in-charge Vishakha Urveti refused to remark.

Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday stated the rising hostility in direction of people based mostly on their identities needs to be resisted.

“Attacks on Keralite students at @IGNTU are appalling & highlight the need to resist the growing hostility towards individuals based on their identities in our country. The university must take prompt action against the culprits & ensure the safety of all the students on campus,” he tweeted.

Condemning the incident, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor tweeted, “Shocked to learn of such brutality against students for an inadvertent and trivial offence within their own university precincts. I stand in solidarity with the Tribal University students & demand full accountability from those who behaved so monstrously with admin’s complicity”.

CPI (M) Member of Parliament Elamaram Kareem has written to Union Minister of Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan alleging that the safety personnel attacked the Kerala college students, who have been going through varied kinds of discrimination contained in the campus.

He sought the Union minister’s intervention and demanded correct motion towards the “criminals inside the security staff”.

Kerala Lok Sabha MP, ET Mohammed Basheer additionally wrote to the University’s vice-chancellor for motion towards safety personnel, University PRO Dixit stated.

ANUPPUR: Four college students from Kerala finding out on the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU) in Madhya Pradesh’s Amarkantak have been injured in a conflict with safety personnel, an official stated on Sunday.

The incident has drawn sharp criticism from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who stated the rising hostility in direction of people based mostly on their identities needs to be resisted, and senior leaders of the southern state.

An argument broke out between the scholars and safety personnel over clicking photos at a water tank close to the college’s essential gate on March 10 evening, IGNTU’s public relations officer (PRO) Vijay Dixit stated. The matter escalated right into a battle, following which safety personnel approached the Amarkantak police station with a grievance towards the scholars, who in flip demanded that the college administration take motion towards the safety employees, he stated.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Four college students sustained accidents and have been rushed to Anuppur district hospital in an ambulance, the official stated, including that additional motion shall be taken quickly on the grievance filed by the scholars.

Amarkantak police station in-charge Vishakha Urveti refused to remark.

Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday stated the rising hostility in direction of people based mostly on their identities needs to be resisted.

“Attacks on Keralite students at @IGNTU are appalling & highlight the need to resist the growing hostility towards individuals based on their identities in our country. The university must take prompt action against the culprits & ensure the safety of all the students on campus,” he tweeted.

Condemning the incident, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor tweeted, “Shocked to learn of such brutality against students for an inadvertent and trivial offence within their own university precincts. I stand in solidarity with the Tribal University students & demand full accountability from those who behaved so monstrously with admin’s complicity”.

CPI (M) Member of Parliament Elamaram Kareem has written to Union Minister of Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan alleging that the safety personnel attacked the Kerala college students, who have been going through varied kinds of discrimination contained in the campus.

He sought the Union minister’s intervention and demanded correct motion towards the “criminals inside the security staff”.

Kerala Lok Sabha MP, ET Mohammed Basheer additionally wrote to the University’s vice-chancellor for motion towards safety personnel, University PRO Dixit stated.