Ahmedabad, Mar 17 (PTI): The police have arrested two males and are searching for extra after college students hailing from totally different international international locations have been assaulted allegedly by a gaggle of individuals within the Gujarat College hostel in Ahmedabad for providing namaz there, police stated on Sunday.
Two college students – one from Sri Lanka and one other from Tajikistan – have been hospitalised after the incident which befell within the A-block hostel on Saturday evening, they stated.
An FIR was registered towards 20-25 unidentified accused individuals underneath the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for rioting, illegal meeting, voluntarily inflicting harm, harm to property, and prison trespass, amongst others, and two individuals recognized as Hitesh Mevada and Bharat Patel have been arrested to this point, DCP (Zone 7) Tarun Duggal stated.
9 groups have been fashioned to conduct a probe into the incident, Police Commissioner GS Malik stated.
Minister of State for Residence Harsh Sanghavi held a gathering with cops and directed them to take strict and judicial motion within the matter, Malik stated.
The incident was reported at round 10.50 pm on Saturday when almost two dozen individuals barged into the (government-run) Gujarat College’s hostel and raised an objection to college students from international international locations providing namaz within the facility the place they stayed, the police officer stated.
“Some 20-25 individuals entered the hostel premises and objected to the worldwide college students providing namaz there, asking them to take action in a mosque. They argued over the difficulty, assaulting them and hurling stones. In addition they vandalised their rooms,” Malik stated.
Two college students, one from Sri Lanka and one other from Tajikistan, have been hospitalised, he stated.
“Police will take strict motion towards all these concerned within the incident. The general monitoring of the case might be carried out by the Joint Commissioner of Police of the Crime Department. …The regulation and order state of affairs is underneath management and no person wants to fret,” he informed mediapersons.
He stated that police have up to now taken strict motion towards parts, and can proceed to take action sooner or later as properly.
A number of purported movies of the alleged incident have additionally surfaced exhibiting individuals pelting stones, and in a single incident a person is seen slapping a college staffer, Malik stated.
He stated that the police are verifying the authenticity of those movies.
There are round 300 worldwide college students enrolled at Gujarat College, together with from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka and international locations in Africa, Malik stated.
Almost 75 of the worldwide college students keep within the A-block hostel of the college the place the incident occurred, the officer stated.
The police responded inside minutes after a name was made to the management room at 10.51 pm. A police van reached the spot and motion was taken, he stated.
Whereas an FIR was registered towards 20-25 individuals, two have been arrested to this point. The remaining might be arrested quickly, Malik stated, including that the state of affairs was underneath management.
9 groups have been fashioned, together with 4 from the crime department and 5 from native police underneath DCP, to conduct a probe into the case, he stated.
Gujarat College Vice Chancellor Neerja Gupta stated that two teams clashed on the premises of the A-block hostel the place 75 worldwide college students stayed.
“The matter escalated and a few worldwide college students have been harm. An FIR has been registered. The federal government and police have taken the matter severely and an investigation is underway,” she informed media individuals.