A student leader was attacked with some sharp-edged weapons in what is believed to be another AVBP-SFI clash on Tuesday evening. He has been admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital, said Vijendra Mehra, a former Himachal University SFI president.
The attack took place at the Summer Hill square when the student, Jeeta Singh Negi, was going to preside over a cultural function of the tribal students’ association of Lahaul-Spiti district. Mr. Negi, a SFI activist, is also a lawyer.
Condemning the attack, Tribal Students Association (TSA) president Vijay Singh said tribal students have faced racial abuses earlier also. “We fear a backlash from ABVP activists,” said the TSA. The district police have registered an FIR in the case.
Violent clashes between ABVP and SFI activists have become an annual feature before the student elections on the university campus here.
