Kashmiri students being profiled at K’taka colleges; Omar Abdullah
Srinagar,15-Feb: A Kashmiri youth enrolled at a college in Madhya Pradesh under the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme has been arrested for allegedly sharing an “objectionable” video on the social media on the 3rd anniversary of Pulwama attack.
As per spokesman of the J&K Students Association, Nasir Khuehami, the student enrolled at the SV PG College Neemuch Madhya Pradesh posted an “objectionable video on social media regarding Pulwama Attack”.
Quoting the college principal, Khuehami said that the student “posted a video of the slain Jawans of Pulwama on social media & wrote it as Babri’s revenge”.
Reportedly, Police arrested the student after Local BJP youth leaders filed a complaint in this regard.
Meanwhile, Former J&K Chief Minister and NC Vice President Omar Abdullah flayed the alleged profiling of Kashmiri students by police in Karnataka as claimed by a report.
Omar while reacting to the development, took to Twitter calling it a shame.
“What a shame that Kashmiri students are being singled out & profiled by the authorities in Karnataka as though they are foreign nationals, ” he wrote.
As per the report by The News Minute police in Karnataka have asked colleges to profile Kashmiri students studying there and share their personal details including phone numbers after the information was “demanded by the Internal Security Division (ISD) of Karnataka police since the beginning of February 2022.(CNS)
