Day after incidents of violence and alleged harassment against Kashmiri students were reported across India in the aftermath of the dastardly Pulwama terror attack, Delhi Police asserted that security has been enhanced in the national Capital and they will ensure the safety of all citizens including Kashmiri inhabitants.
Madhur Verma, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), New Delhi district tweeted that security had been strengthened all across the national capital, including minority dominated areas.
“Visibility of police personnel has been increased. We’ll ensure the safety and security of every citizen, including Kashmiri inhabitants and students living in Delhi,” the DCP wrote in his tweet.
Delhi Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam also condemned the alleged attacks on Kashmiris.
“What kind of hatred and frenzy is being spread in the name of religion? The country has not even recovered from the Pulwama attack that reports of ill-treatment of Kashmiris have started pouring in,” he tweeted.
Gautam further said the perpetrators of these attacks were not patriots.
The Home Ministry had on Saturday issued an advisory to all states and Union territories to take measures to ensure the safety and security of Kashmiris.
The advisory came hours after Home Minister Rajnath Singh assured an all-party meeting of doing the needful for the protection of the Kashmiri students and people who were allegedly threatened after the terrorist attack.
Some Kashmiri youths studying in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun alleged that they were harassed and asked by their landlords to vacate accommodations fearing attacks on their properties in the aftermath of the attack.
A Kashmiri student studying in a Bengaluru college was on Saturday arrested for allegedly hailing the Jaish terrorist while another from Dehradun was booked for allegedly sending WhatsApp messages supporting the Pulwama suicide attack.
CRPF Madadgaar, the central force’s helpline had on Saturday night tweeted, “Kashmiri students and general public, presently out of Kashmir, can contact @CRPFmadadgaar on 24x7 toll free number 14411 or SMS us at 7082814411 for speedy assistance in case they face any difficulties/harassment”.