Kashmiri Students Of JNU Are Leaving Hostels In Fear

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he row over the event which erupted on February 9 at the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus, triggered many Kashmiri students to vacate their hostels in JNU, reports said on Friday.

Many have either changed their hostels or are bunking with their friends in Delhi.

The campus, many students have been feeling insecure owing to their Kashmiri origin, reports said.

Reports quoting a PhD student hailing from Islamabad district in Kashmir said he had nothing to with the events, neither did he take part in any protest, but he and many other students "are having sleepless night fearing a possible 'witch-hunt'".

HT reported quoting another student, "I have not entered the campus due to fear. I apprehend they might have kept all students from Kashmir under strict surveillance."

 

Many Kashmiri students also claim they faced 'discrimination' after the event and arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar.(Agencies)

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