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He said he received Rather’s letter on Saturday. He gave an assurance that “no action will be taken against innocent students, but university will initiate disciplinary action against those involved in any unlawful assembly”. “Even after that if Rather does anything on Sir Syed’s birth anniversary day, then all the students will oppose his move as the matter is not only connected with AMU but the nation.”Rather, a Kashmiri, had claimed that he has signatures of nearly 200 students but was not able to provide any document to support it.Proctor Mohsin Khan told TOI that only 950 Kashmiri students are enrolled at AMU. Agra: Aligarh Muslim University Students Union vice-president Sajad Subhan Rather’s threat that all Kashmiri students would quit en masse on October 17 has not cut much ice with the student community.Rather had in a letter to university proctor on Saturday said 1,200 Kashmiri students would quit on the birth anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, AMU founder, if disciplinary and legal action against some students involved in the events following the killing of former research scholar-turned-Hizbul terrorist Mannan Wani in an encounter with security forces in north Kashmir, were not withdrawn.Reacting to the call, former president of AMUSU Faizul Hassan said no one has signed the letter so far..