Students from Kashmir: Sent home, booked or expelled

UNION HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar Wednesday dismissed reports of alleged harassment of Kashmiri students outside their state in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack. “There is massive anger in the country against the Pulwama terror attack,” he said. “However, I want to clarify that what you are trying to say (about Kashmiri students being attacked) is not true. We are in touch with all institutes and no such incident has happened.”

However, last week two Dehradun-based educational institutions went on record that they will not admit Kashmiri students in future — a commitment given under duress as the colleges were threatened by a mob. The Uttarakhand Police this week arrested over 20 students for demanding expulsion of Kashmiri students from Dehradun.

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At least 10 Kashmiri students have been booked and 24 suspended or rusticated from colleges across the country for what officials called “anti-national” social media posts. Punjab college suspends two Kashmiri students

One college admitted that it had suspended a dean, from Jammu and Kashmir, because the mob asked for it. Several colleges have admitted that they are encouraging students from Kashmir return to the Valley…