The police at Gujarat University described an awful incident in their report, as organizers detained five individuals in connection to an attack that has taken place on international students. The scholars faced this insulting incident while praying at the university hostel, causing widespread fear of how safe the foreign students would be going forward.
The police, who made up nine investigating teams into the assaulters, have been working tirelessly to locate everyone complicit in the attack. On the 18th of the month, along with these individuals—Kshitij Pandey, Jitendra Patel, and Sahil Dudhatiya—the other two who were arrested were Hitesh Mevada and Bharat Patel. The overall arrests sum up to five now, and we are trying to bring the perpetrators of the other remaining crimes to book.
Gujarat University immediately reacted to the case by taking several precautionary steps to remove students’ fear. Non-resident Indians (NRIs) are set to handle foreign students in a split duty and in three days. Further, the university has engaged retired soldiers to shore up security.
Later, the police commissioner of Ahmedabad, G.S. Malik, accompanied by a few other officers, visited the BUA Hostel. The case happened during the holy month of Ramadan in which masked foreign students were beaten by unknown persons. Their offering of namaz (prayers) was the cause of it.
For the study abroad program coordination and NRI hostel duty, these new posts must be filled out by a new person who will be given charge immediately. Gujarat University’s Vice Chancellor Neerja Gupta. A community where the students feel safe and protected and all their queries are answered is a community that the university aims to provide to its international students.
Hon’ble Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr. Tarun Duggal committed in this regard and will utilize all methods like hi-tech surveillance to catch the remaining gang. An FIR is done against 20-25 unrecognizable perpetrators (which includes wreaking havoc, causing harm, and criminal trespass) under the charges of rioting, interrupting, and trespassing.
The event concerned two students—a Sri Lankan and a student of Tadjikistan—who were both hospitalized. The way civil society groups have been against the attack on international students and called for the harshest punishments. On the other hand, the Gujarat High Court has maintained the official view by declining to put authority by putting the responsibility on law enforcement.
As authorities of the institution, they have committed themselves to a relentless pursuit of the criminal minds behind the misconduct and providing the highest security to all Gujarat University students. The issue has initiated a broader argument on the role of a safe and comfortable place for such students who attempt to realize their education in India.
