The attack came days after Kashmiri students in several parts of the country faced brutal attacks, following which several of them had to drop their courses and flee. Hindu extremist groups, including the Hindu Raksha Dal, had issued open threats to identify and physically assault Kashmiri Muslim students, days after the Pahalgam terror attack. Talking to PTI, the student however, ruled out a hate motive behind the attack and said it was their first year in Nagpur and they did not know the area, where the incident took place, well.The student said the incident took place at around 6.15 pm when they stopped at a road in Kamptee.Two to three persons came to the spot and asked them who they were and from where they hailed.The student said he told them they hailed from Jammu and Kashmir, but “anti-social elements” started beating them.Meanwhile, national convenor of the J&K Students Association Khuehami, in a post on social media site X, said a Jammu and Kashmir student was brutally assaulted in Nagpur.”The student from Doda area of J&K was brutally thrashed without any rhyme & reason by fringe elements,” he said.Khuehami said according to the victim, two to three goons attacked him.”Some of the assailants knocked him down and started punching him on the face and stomach, and hitting him on his knees. He was slapped 8-9 times on the face, neck, back, and arms,” the student leader wrote.Khuehami requested Chief Minister Fadnavis, who holds the home portfolio, to intervene in the matter and take strict action against the culprits.Khuehami said after he brought to the notice of the Maharashtra CMO about the Kamptee incident, he got a call from IGP (Law & Order) Manoj Kumar Sharma, who took details about the incident from him and also the phone number of the victim.He maintained that the IGP assured him strict legal action will be taken against the culprits.
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