5 injured in Sikkim-HP students’ clash; 10 held

One of the injured students after getting treatment. (HT PHOTO)

HT, Chandigarh, Dec 17, 2015: Five students from the north-east studying at Institute of Technology and Future Trends (ITFT), Mullanpur, were assaulted by a group of students belonging to Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday evening. Earlier in the day, the two sides had clashed on the institute’s premises and intervention of the authorities averted the situation from getting serious.

Police said that five students of Sikkim, identified as Sangam Rai, Avinash Lama, Amir Hang, Shring and Sudeep were admitted to Government Multi Speciality Hospital, Sector 16 with injuries of different nature.

Police said during investigations it was learnt that a few months back, a fight had ensued between a HP and a Sikkim student inside a bus. Thereafter, a cold war was going on between the two sides and had been exchanging blows every now and then. As the difference between the groups increased, the HP students on Tuesday thrashed Sikkim students at Khuda Alisher with batons, rods, besides damaging the bus they were travelling in.

DSP (central) Satish Kumar said they had arrested 10 students – Ajay Kumar, Sunny Thakur, Manu Thakur, Vishal, Anil, Rohit, Pardeep, Vijay, Sandeep and Gurjant – for rioting and wrongful restraint. A case has been registered at the Sector 11 police station.

Sources said, the local police received a number of calls from influential people in Delhi, urging them to act fast in the case.

Cops look for video footage

Police officials also said that a few people had videographed the incident, which they were trying to recover as evidence. There were reports that some of the residents also tried to sell the video to the media for money.

Tribune News Service, Chandigarh, December 17: A local court remanded all 10 students arrested for rioting and wrongful restraint at Khuda Alisher to 14 days judicial custody.

The accused were identified as Ajay Kumar, Sunny Thakur, Manu Thakur, Vishal, Anil, Rohit, Pardeep, Vijay, Sandeep and Gurjant.

The police said that around 20 students were involved in the attack, they were yet to nab the remaining students.Five students from the North-East studying at the Institute of Technology and Future Trends (ITFT), Mullanpur, were assaulted by a group of students belonging to Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday evening. The clash was the result of a cold war going on between the students belonging to the two states for some time.

The police said that five students of Sikkim, identified as Sangam Rai, Avinash Lama, Amir Hang, Shring and Sudeep were admitted to Government Multi-speciality Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, with injuries of different nature.

The police said during the investigations it was learnt that a few months ago, a fight had ensued between a HP and a Sikkim student inside a bus. Thereafter, a cold war was going on between the two sides and had been exchanging blows every now and then. As the differences between the groups increased, the HP students on Wednesday thrashed Sikkim students at Khuda Alisher with batons, rods, besides damaging the bus they were travelling in.

Clash a result of cold war

Five students from the North-East studying at the Institute of Technology and Future Trends (ITFT), Mullanpur, were assaulted by a group of students belonging to Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday evening. The clash was the result of a cold war going on between the students belonging to the two states for some time.

As the differences between the groups increased, the HP students on Wednesday thrashed Sikkim students at Khuda Alisher. 

Voice of Sikkim, 16 Dec, Gangtok : A fresh report of brutal bloodshed attack on several Sikkim students studying in ITFT College at Chandigarh is reported. According to the Sikkim student’s representative from Chandigarh (Sikkim Student’s Welfare Association of Chandigarh) told that while more then 30-40 Sikkim students were returning back to room from college around 5:10 – 5:20 PM in evening of 15 Dec massive numbers of miscreants stopped bus at Khuda Ali Sher Bus Stand and started throwing stones, bricks on Sikkim students. The miscreants even used sharp weapon and rods to causing deep injuries to several students in the bus. More than 30 students got severely injured who are being taken to hospital and other students who flee are yet to be traced, as they also faced severe attacks. We are trying to communicate those missing students also said Sikkim student’s representative.

Intervening night Sikkim Student’s Welfare Association of Chandigarh has lodged FIR against the culprits at Sector 11 Police Station.

Following the matter, media associate Veergorkha of Himachal when contacted SHO Sector 11 Narendra Singh, SHO told media associate “There is nothing to panic or get frightened, , we are here. The brawl of today is connected to an unresolved dispute that arose some day back in ITFT college. Since incident has taken place within the purview of Punjab inside their border, it do not fall under our jurisdiction ; however, we have registered FIR against the culprits and we shall arrest them. Few students have suffered injuries after medical examination and treatment have sent them to their dwelling. We have taken up this matter very seriously.

The cause of the incident as narrated by Sikkim Student’s Welfare Association General Secretary Sujendra Rai, told that few days back the some group purportedly circulated a video containing beating Sikkim students mercilessly, the video was created to spark agitation once again by those group of Himachal students. We even wrote complaint letter naming some students associated with circulating of video to the Principal in that regard unfortunately he also took no interest for our safety or serious note of the matter. Principal directed us to fight outside college gate not within campus area. That which has now made every Sikkim students unsafe here, we immediately need Sikkim Government to take up this matter for safety of our students studying in Chandigarh.