#Srinagar/#Kashmir: A day after tension erupt in National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, a two-member team of union human resource development ministry (HRD) arrived in Srinagar on Wednesday to assess the situation in the campus.
Unrest was witnessed at the campus, the scene of last week’s clash, with outstation students expressing a sense of insecurity and attempting to leave the campus, leading to a confrontation with police which resorted to lathicharge in which some were injured.
While the classes were on, few students attended them. “The atmosphere is becoming tense due to the ongoing clashes,’ students told Hindustan Times.
Top CRPF officer to HT: Sufficient deployment inside campus. Can’t give exact details regarding numbers. MHRD team on its way. @htTweets
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With the situation being tense, CRPF was on Tuesday night deployed at campus and Jammu and Kashmir government assured full security to the students from other states studying here. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh also called up Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and discussed with her the situation at NIT.
On Friday last, the campus had witnessed clashes between local and outstation students over India’s defeat in the semi-final match in the World T20 tournament.
After the clashes, the NIT authorities had shut down the institute which was reopened on Tuesday.
“We take responsibility all the students of the country studying in NIT. We have put in place all the measures,” the Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh had said on Tuesday.
Administration has held meeting with the NIT students to resolve the issue, Singh said, adding SSP Srinagar is camping in the area to ensure peace. He said the outstation students are demanding security and postponement of exams.
“Director of NIT has said that the demands have been accepted,” he said.
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