A mob allegedly attacked worldwide college students providing namaz inside their hostel at Gujarat College
Ahmedabad:
5 worldwide college students have been injured after a mob stormed a Gujarat College hostel final evening and attacked college students from African nations, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, allegedly for providing namaz. State house minister Harsh Sanghavi has reportedly spoken to Gujarat’s prime law enforcement officials and directed them to arrest the accused as quickly as attainable and guarantee a good probe.
The scholars have stated that there isn’t any mosque on the Ahmedabad-based campus, so they’d gathered contained in the hostel to supply taraweeh – a namaz provided at evening throughout Ramadan. Quickly after, a mob armed with sticks and knives stormed the hostel, attacked them and vandalised their rooms, the scholars have alleged. The scholars have stated the safety guard of the hostel tried to cease the mob, however failed.
A scholar from Afghanistan stated folks within the mob raised slogans and requested them who had allowed them to supply namaz within the hostel. “They attacked us contained in the rooms too. They broke laptops, telephones and broken bikes,” he stated.
The coed stated the 5 injured college students embrace one every from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Turkmenistan and two from African nations. “The mob had fled by the point police arrived. The injured college students are in hospital and have knowledgeable the embassies.”
Visuals shared on social media confirmed broken bikes, damaged laptops and ravaged rooms. In among the visuals, persons are seen throwing stones on the hostel and hurling abuses on the abroad college students. Within the visuals, the worldwide college students are heard saying that they’re “scared” and that “that is unacceptable”.
In one of many movies, a teen within the mob is heard asking a safety guard, “Why are they providing namaz, is that this the place?” At this level, a scholar screams, approaches the teen and assaults him. Some customers on social media have claimed this triggered the mob violence.
Hyderabad MP and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi has slammed the incident and requested if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dwelling Minister Amit Shah will intervene.
“What a disgrace. When your devotion and non secular slogans solely come out when Muslims peacefully apply their faith. While you grow to be unexplainably indignant on the mere sight of Muslims. What is that this, if not mass radicalisation? That is the house state of @AmitShah & @narendramodi, will they intervene to ship a robust message? I’m not holding my breath. @DrSJaishankar home anti-Muslim hatred is destroying India’s goodwill,” he stated in a publish on X.
Ahmedabad metropolis police commissioner JS Malik stated they’ve began an investigation. “About 300 abroad college students examine right here. They’re from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and African nations. A few of them have been providing namaz on the terrace yesterday. Some folks got here and requested why they have been doing so and that they need to supply namaz at a mosque. This led to a heated change and a struggle. The outsiders then threw stones and vandalised the hostel rooms.”
The senior officer stated police reached the spot quickly after they obtained a name. “We have now shaped 9 groups and examine this. We have now recognized one individual. A grievance has been obtained towards 20-25 folks and an FIR registered. We’ll scan the movies doing the rounds. We’ll take strict motion towards these concerned,” he stated, including that the state of affairs is beneath management.
