GURUGRAM: A 20-year-old girl from Srinagar has been rusticated by a private university in the city after she was accused of sharing an “anti-national” post on social media in connection with the recent terrorist attack on a CRPF convoy in J&K’s Pulwama, in which 40 personnel were killed.The girl is a second-year Bachelors of Radio-Imaging Technology (BRIT) student at SGT University in Chandu Budhera. The order issued by the university's registrar on Tuesday said she was rusticated for causing “indiscipline at the campus”. Police said they had received a complaint but there were “insufficient grounds” to file an FIR against her.“We received a memorandum from students of the university on February 19 regarding an anti-national post circulated on social media,” the letter reads, quoting the name and enrolment number of the student. “The university shall not tolerate such type of indiscipline on campus. Hence, it has been decided that the student has been rusticated with immediate effect.”It all began with the girl uploading a story on Instagram on Monday night. She had purportedly shared a screen-grab of a Facebook post of another person — not a resident of Gurugram — who spoke of the use of pellet guns on demonstrators, and alleged differential treatment being meted out to people in Kashmir . There was an immediate backlash, in response to which she released a follow-up post, alleging atrocities on Kashmiris.This post triggered fury among her fellow students, who immediately decided to put together a response. At 9am on Tuesday, around 1,000 students marched on campus with a poster of the girl. “It was a peaceful demonstration,” said Mandeep Dagar, an MBA second- year student and one of the organisers of the rally. “The post was uploaded on Monday night on Instagram and WhatsApp. Her classmates saw the posts and took screen grabs,” he said.Protesting students claimed the screenshots made it to WhatsApp groups of various university departments. “They went viral across the campus. By morning, everyone decided to hold a rally to protest disrespect to soldiers,” said Sagar Gahlot, a BBA student. “Her posters were also burnt.”Students said the girl did not attend college in the morning. “When we finally assembled here, we could not see her,” said Praveen Kataria, who is pursuing LLB. “She had already got a whiff of impending protest against her, and the administration had made arrangements for her to leave.”The public relations officer (PRO) of SGT University confirmed to TOI that anti-Pakistan protests took place on the campus. “The agitation was peaceful. They demanded the student be rusticated. Following the complaints, the university formed a five-member committee which assessed the social media posts and decided to rusticate her. We informed her guardians who took the girl from her hostel and left,” the official said. Asked if the university will file an FIR against her, the official said, “No, we won’t. We have taken necessary action following the university regulations.”A police officer at Rajendra Park police station told TOI no FIR was registered against the student. “The evidence against her is not firm enough to merit a case of sedition,” he said. “The posts were not sent to anyone. She was sharing it on her profile. In the same complaint, students spoke of another Kashmiri student who had apparently intimidated other students. We’re investigating that too. We’ll check call records also during the investigation.”

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