By Sarfaraz Ahmed
NAGPUR: Two first-year Bachelor of Pharmacy students, one hailing from Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir and another from Jammu, were beaten up allegedly by a group of anti-social elements late on Sunday evening in Kamptee while they were returning with their friends to hostel on the college campus.
The matter came to fore following a post on ‘X’ by J&K Students Association national convenor Nasir Khuehami. “Mohd Waseem, a student from Doda area of J&K, was brutally thrashed without any rhyme & reason by fringe elements in Nagpur, Maharashtra. According to Waseem, around 2–3 goons attacked him. Some of the assailants knocked him down and started punching him on the face and stomach, and hitting him on his knees. He was slapped 8–9 times on the face, neck, back, and arms…”
The youth leader sought Maharashtra Chief Minister intervention into the incident.
Speaking to TOI, Waseem said he and his classmate Piyush Lanjeh, a resident of Jammu, were scarred when the group of men appearing inebriated stopped them. “We were not aware the area from where we passed was notorious for criminal activity. They held us by shirt’s collar and attempt to loot us. We somehow managed to flee though they beat us. We had only informed about the incident to a relative who told about it to Khuehmai,” he said.
“The attackers asked us from where we are? Normally, we tell we are from Jammu just like we reply to everyone.,” he said.
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