Kashmiri students enrolled in various colleges in north India who had left for home due to violence and alleged harassment in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack on February 14 have started returning to their institutions, said the North Zone liaison officer of the Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday.
‘Situation normal’
“The situation is normal and students are attending regular classes. The colleges have given undertakings over safety and security of the Kashmiri students. They are also sending mails informing us about the number of Kashmiri students who have returned,” said the officer.
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Confirmation e-mails from colleges in Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Meerut, Bareilly, Aligarh, Chandigarh, Ambala, Gurugram and other towns of north India — from where harassment incidents were reported — have been received, said the officer.
A report prepared by liaison officers said cases of violence or harassment of Kashmiri students were reported only from places where students had posted some ‘controversial’ post on social media. However, college authorities acted promptly in all the cases and the situation is now normal, the report added.
In Ghaziabad, except 12 students of a private university, no other student had left the city. And out of the 12, six have returned while the rest will join the college by weekend, the officer said.
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Liaison officers
The State Administrative Council of Jammu and Kashmir had appointed seven liaison officers in November last year at regions across India, including Delhi-NCR-Meerut, Jaipur-Bhopal, Chandigarh, Aligarh, Bengaluru and Pune, to coordinate with students from the Valley in case they face any issue.