Mob beats up two Kashmiri students in India

Police arrested three people involved in the mob assault on two Kashmiri students in Haryana state of India on Saturday.

Aftab Ahmed, 23, and Amjad Ali, 22, the students of MSc program in Central University of Haryana (CUH), were returning from a mosque after offering Friday prayers when a group of people ambushed and badly thrashed them, Hindustan Times reported.

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The Kashmiri students said it was an unprovoked attack by the mob of about 20 people.

“My friend and I were coming back from Mahendergarh town after offering Friday namaz when we noticed some men following us. We did not take it seriously, since we had been living here for almost two years. But suddenly, when we reached the chowk, and stopped our bike, the men started thrashing us mercilessly,” Aftab said while speaking to the media.

With the help of a CCTV footage, Mahendragarh police have identified six persons. Three of them have been arrested, while manhunt for the other three is underway.

Mahendragarh SP Kamaldeep Goyal said, “The interrogation of those arrested is going on. We are trying to find out why the accused attacked the students.”

The police swung into action after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti urged the Haryana government to take stringent action and demanded a probe into the incident.

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