Srinagar, Apr 17 (KNS): All Jammu and Kashmir Students Union along with students from nook and corner colleges on Monday held protest demonstrations against incident which happened in GDC Pulwama alleging that ‘student were attacked with teargas shells to scatter them by holding peaceful protest.’
According to the statement issued to KNS, the union said, “It has now became a war in between ‘Pens vs pellets’ and ‘Books vs bullets’.”
They said that security forces used tear smoke shells against protesting students at Srinagar, Shopian, Sopore, Anantnag and Kulgam and Baramulla colleges in which hundreds of students were injured.
AJKSU President, Syed Tajamul Imran condemned the forces action in which students’ sustained injuries.
“It is inhuman and barbaric act,” Tajamul said, adding that “students were not having any arms in their hands they were holding play cards what is wrong with that.”
He demanded strict action against the soldiers without any further delay involved in GDC Pulwama incident, and students who have been detained by police should be released immediately.
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Junaid Dar and Javed Nabi Vice president and General Secretary of union in joint statement said that “Using quell forces to quell the students who were demanding their rights is sheer injustice with the students.”
They said that incident which happened today in several colleges have ‘terrorized student community’. “Soldiers involved in these atrocities, crimes should be strictly dealt, otherwise this will adversely affect the system,” they added.
“Using pellets and teargas shells against students in a colleges is sheer brutality on part of the largest democracy and is highly deplorable,” the statement reads.
Add. Spokesman of union Nasir Khuehami said that “there is no connection between the forces and the educational institutes but despite that the forces has entered in the Degree College and have beaten the students there.”
“The educational institutions must not become the political hub,” he said.
“Those responsible for the incident and beating of students must be punished,” he demanded. (KNS)