HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday denied that students hailing from Kashmir were targeted in many parts of the country in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.
"There is no threat to Kashmiri students as it is being made out to be. Countrymen are angry because of Pulwama attack, but no Kashmiri student has been assaulted," Javadekar said while talking to reporters.
Javadekar added that the Ministry is in touch with all the institutes and so far, no such untoward incident has been reported. An estimated 3,000 students from Kashmir attend colleges and institutes in Dehradun. Home Ministry has already issued advisory to State and UTs to ensure safety and security if students hailing from the Valley State and residing within their States amidst the reports of threats to the students.
Following the terror attack in Pulwama which killed 40 CRPF personnel on February 14, Hindutva groups in Dehradun including Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad beat-up 12 Kashmiri students. The Dehradun police had denied any incident of violence against the Kashmiri students, but videos of the students being beaten up in front of the police went viral over social media on Saturday.