Ahmedabad: Students from Africa, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka attacked at Gujarat University while offering prayers

Ahmedabad: At least five foreign students were injured after a mob stormed a Gujarat University hostel in Ahmedabad when the students were reportedly offering Namaz inside their rooms on Saturday. According to media reports, the students belonging to Sri Lanka, South Africa, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan were attacked brutally and shifted to a hospital.

Some reports also said the mob vandalised their laptops, mobile phones and other equipment before leaving the hostel.

The injured students were reportedly offering namaz at Block A of Gujarat University, where the foreign students reside. A group of people allegedly protested and shouted religious slogans like “Jai Shri Ram” when they were offering namaz.

This triggered a clash between the students of the two communities. The video of the incident also went viral on social media platforms, wherein some people were seen smashing some hostellers while some were seen damaging vehicles.

Owaisi asks if PM Modi intervene 

Meanwhile, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, in a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, called the incident a “shame” and dubbed it “mass radicalisation” of people. The AIMIM leader also asked the Prime Minister if he would intervene in order to send a strong message.

“What a shame. When your devotion & religious slogans only come out when Muslims peacefully practice their religion. When you become unexplainably angry at the mere sight of Muslims. What is this, if not mass radicalisation? This is the home state of @AmitShah & @narendramodi, will they intervene to send a strong message? I am not holding my breath,” the Hyderabad MP  wrote on X.

Further, in the social media post, Owaisi also tagged External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and said the “domestic anti-Muslim hatred is destroying India’s goodwill”.

Meanwhile, media reports claimed Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Shangvi has held an urgent meeting with top administrative officials and directed them to arrest the accused involved in the incident.

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