Taking seriously the alleged harassment of Odia students by locals at the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan in Tripura’s capital Agartala, the Odisha Government on Thursday deputed a two-member team to investigate the matter.
Higher Education Department Director B Parmeswaran and Shree Jagannath Sanskrit University Vice-Chancellor Prof Radha Madhab Dash left for Agartala to sort out the matter.
After a video of torture went viral on social media, DGP RP Sharma held talks with his Tripura counterpart. Subsequently, the local SP visited the students and assured them security and help.
Odisha Higher Education Secretary Bishnupada Sethi said, “We are going to ensure security if those students are unsafe there.
Police have also been deployed and there is no problem with the security of the students. Our high-level team would try to sort out the problem there.”
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also spoke to Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and requested him to provide security to the Odia students. Pradhan said Deb has assured him to provide adequate security to the students.
Later in a Tweet, the Tripura Chief Minister said, “Students from Odisha are Tripura’s children too. No antisocial activities shall be allowed on the land of Ma Tripursundari. I assure full protection for students from across India in Tripura.”
The torture on Odia students in Tripura came to the fore on Wednesday night after around 90 students of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan along with 10 teachers posted a video on the internet.
In the video, they described their ordeal and pleaded for help from the Odisha Government. As per their allegations, Odia students including girls were attacked by a group of classmates a few days back for not participating in a strike.