Punjab police detained students from Lala Lajpat Rai College in Moga after a scuffle broke out between students from Bihar and Kashmir during the T20 World Cup final on 13 November. As a precaution, the police had detained ten students, five each from Kashmir and Bihar. measure to contain the conflict.
Nasir Khuehami, the National Convener of the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association, spoke to The Free Press Journal and cleared the air on the matter. He said that the police released all detained Kashmiri students.
On November 13, a fight broke out between students from the university in Moga as everyone tuned in for the T20 World Cup final between England and Pakistan. A student of the Bihar group claims that the Kashmir students chanted pro-Pakistani slogans and incited fighting. However, the Kashmiri group claims that the fight was provoked by the other group, who first chanted anti-Islam slogans. The details of exactly what happened remain unconfirmed.
The argument escalated and turned violent. Several students were involved and injured. The police were called in to get the situation under control.
Khuehami said he spoke with SSP Moga Punjab Gulneet Khurana. He also claims that the messages about slogans were fake. He also noted that the Kashmiri students suffered minor injuries. He stated that the case has been taken up with Punjab Govt and police officials “for a speedy recovery”.
Khuehami quoted SSP Moga as saying, “All five students have now been released. We have taken full measures to protect all students from Kashmir and are also taking steps to ensure that relations between Kashmiri students and others remain cordial.”
Earlier, videos of the fight, which showed students pushing each other and throwing stones and chunks of stones, went viral. After the incident, several students were taken to hospital to receive treatment for their injuries. An official statement about what happened and who is responsible is not yet known.
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