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Home » IAS News » 15 injured as Indian, Afghan students clash at Rourkela NIT

15 injured as Indian, Afghan students clash at Rourkela NIT

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ROURKELA: At least 15 students were injured in a clash between two groups of Indian and Afghan students at National Institute of Technology (NIT) here late on Saturday night. One student has been admitted to Ispat General Hospital for treatment while others were discharged after first aid.

Security on the NIT campus has been beefed up and all the 23 Afghan students staying on the institute campus have been shifted to another place to prevent further confrontation.

Sources said at about 10 pm on Saturday, a group of third year students wanted to go out of the institute to have dinner after a cultural programme at the institute. The programme was held as part of the three-day NIT annual event 'NITRAUTSAV', which began on Friday. Looking for a mode of transport, the students noticed an auto rickshaw coming from the opposite side and intercepted it. The vehicle was ferrying four second year Afghan students of the institute. Since the students were in a hurry to go out, they directed the Afghan students to get off the rickshaw and walk down to their hostels. But the foreign students refused to obey the orders, following which a clash ensued between the two groups.

The row took a serious turn when the Afghan students, who were attacked by their seniors, went back to their hostels and returned with a few more of their countrymen and attacked the Indian students. In no mood to relent either, the Indian students too gathered some more students and barged into Dhirubhai Ambani Hall of Residence, the hostel most Afghan students reside in, and attacked them again. In the entire fiasco, as many as 15 students, including four Afghan students, sustained injuries.

NIT authorities learnt about the clash at about 2 am, following which they informed police. A police team arrived subsequently and has started an investigation into the incident. "Besides deploying a police force on NIT campus, in a meeting with NIT authorities it was decided to shift all 23 Afghan students from the NIT campus in a bid to avoid further confrontation between the warring student groups," said Rourkela additional SP Sudersan Sethi.

The injured students were rushed to Ispat General Hospital and Community Welfare Service hospital for treatment. Fourteen students, including four Afghan students, were discharged after first aid. One Jayant Barik sustained head injuries and is under treatment at the hospital. According to hospital sources, however, his condition is stable.

Despite the fight, the final day of the NITRAUTSAV has held as per schedule on Sunday. "Normalcy has been restored on the campus and there is no tension now," said NIT Rourkela registrar S K Upadhya.

The clash at NIT brought back memories of similar violence on the Ravenshaw University campus in Cuttack in 2011, when Indian and Afghan students had clashed leaving at least three foreigners injured. Fifty-nine Afghan students studying at Ravenshaw University had then left for New Delhi alleging they were unsafe on the campus. After assurance from the state government and the university authorities, they later returned to resume their studies. The tension resurfaced in October, 2011, leaving a local student injured in a fight.



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