Trouble started when a student from Bihar questioned a Manipuri student who broke the queue
Students fear for life on National Institute of Technology Campus
Hyderabad/Guwahati: Students at the National Institute of Technology at Manipur said the trouble started on Thursday night at the Langol campus when a student from Bihar questioned a Manipuri student who broke the queue.
“An argument broke out between the two students after which two groups of local and non-local students were formed. There were clashes that night and at least two Telugu students were injured,” said B. Ravi Teja, a second year student of electronics and communication and resident of Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad. At least eight students from Bihar were injured, apart from local students.
The next day, a few local students brought goons from outside the campus and beat up the non-locals. “The police who came there did not touch the Manipuri students. Instead, they beat up the non-local students,” said a 17-year-old student from Andhra Pradesh who did not want to be identified.
“They were selectively attacking us. A few cops even came inside our room and beat us,” he said. “On Saturday, the CM talked to us. However, after he left, around 100 people, most of them local goons, came into our campus despite the presence of cops. We locked ourselves inside our rooms. They started threatening to kill us. It continued till 3.30 am,” said the student.
The tension spread to the other campus located at Takyalpa, where second year students are living. “We fear that we might get killed here. We want to go home,” the student said. Security sources said that some of the students from outside the state also wanted to go back to their respective homes in the wake of ongoing agitation in the state but administration is yet to take a decision.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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