Srinagar: After the scene of last week conflict at NIT Srinagar, it is again that the scenario repeating it self at NIT Srinagar, through which outstation students explicit 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.
Tuesday, after the tensed scenario in Srinagar, CRPF was deployed at the NIT campus and Jammu and Kashmir government assured full security to the out station students.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh also called up Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and discussed with her the situation at NIT.
When police asked to the student of some non-local students attempted to leave the campus and return to their home states, saying, they were "not feeling safe" inside the campus. ‘Police personnel on duty at the NIT tried to reassure the students that they were safe inside the campus but they were not pacified, cops said.
As the head of the security deployment was speaking to them, a few of the students allegedly resorted to sloganeering and even pushed him around, the official claimed. “He said the other police personnel then resorted to "lathicharge" to disperse the students who were "getting violent".
However, the official assured that the situation was brought under control shortly.