NEW DELHI: At least five foreign students studying at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad suffered injuries after they were allegedly attacked inside their hostel on Saturday night. The injured have been admitted to SVP Hospital.
According to reports, a scuffle broke out between the foreign students and a "group of outsiders" over offering namaz in the facility. This escalated into vandalism and stone pelting.
Ahmedabad Police in a post on X have confirmed the attack on foreign students.
"In the Gujarat University campus last night, students from other countries were assaulted by unknown assailants. The police immediately arrived and took control of the situation. A case has been registered against the accused," read a post by them on X.
GS Malik, Ahmedabad commissioner of police, while talking to media personnel on Sunday said that the situation was under control. Police have registered FIRs against 20-25 people.
"Around 300 foreign students study in Gujarat University and around 75 foreign students stay in A Block (Hostel). Yesterday, at around 10.30pm a group of students were offering namaz. Around 20-25 people came and asked them why they were offering namaz here & should instead read it in the masjid.
An argument broke out between them, stones were pelted and their rooms were vandalised by the people who came from outside. Police took swift action & FIR has been registered against 20-25 people. Action will be taken against those involved in this. One person has been identified. Law & order situation is under control now," said GS Malik.
Videos showing vandalism and stone pelting have gone viral on social media.
Reacting to the attack on the students, AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, in a post on X, termed the incident shameful and questioned whether PM Modi and the home minister would take action or not.
"What a shame. When your devotion & religious slogans only come out when Muslims peacefully practice their religion. When you become unexplainably angry at the mere sight of Muslims. What is this, if not mass radicalisation? This is the home state of @AmitShah & @narendramodi , will they intervene to send a strong message? I am not holding my breath. @DrSJaishankar domestic anti-Muslim hatred is destroying India’s goodwill," he wrote on X.
Meanwhile, police have registered a case and are on the look out for the accused.
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