AMU revokes suspension of Kashmiri students

Agra | Tuesday | 16th October, 2018

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They were suspended by the AMU administration after the video surfaced.Expressing happiness over the report of fact finding committee, AMU Students union, vice president Sajjad Subhan Rather, who is also a Kashmiri, said that now the administration is on the right track. He further said that he has not received the probe report of AMU and once it comes then it will be forwarded to SIT.The UP police booked both Kashmiri students after the video, purportedly shot a day after the death of former research scholar-turned Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, Mannan Wani in an encounter, shows a group of Kashmiri students raising slogans of "azadi". AGRA: The Aligarh Muslim University administration has revoked the suspension of two students on Tuesday after the fact finding committee gave them a clean chit on grounds that there was no evidence of their involvement in raising of slogans of azadi in the campus. The protest was held outside the Kennedy hall, where the meet was scheduled. Rather said, "we hope justice will come from the UP police too".Earlier in a day, the Alumni meet at Aligarh Muslim University witnessed a silent protest by Kashmiri students, including girls, against the sedition charges, suspension and show cause notices issued to students.With tapes on their lips the students held posters of "Free speech is our right", "Being Kashmiri is not a crime", "Don’t play with our careers" and "Revoke Sedition and Suspension"..