The authorities of IUST on Tuesday restrained students from holding a protest in memory of their colleague who was shot dead as army opened fire on protesters in Pulwama on Feburary 14.
19-year-old Danish Farooq Mir, an engineering student was killed along with a 22
-year-old girl Shaista Hameed, who was pursuing post graduation through distance education mode.
As the IUST opened on Tuesday after two months of winter break, students said they assembled in university lawns for a sit in as a mark of protest against the killing. However they said the chief proctor barged into the lawns along with university security staff and tried to disperse them, not allowing the students to protest peacefully. “The proctor dared us of dire consequences if we protested,” they alleged.
Students said they have boycotted the classes and will protest against the killing of Danish. “No one has been booked so far in the killing and neither any case has been registered,” they said demanding action against the killers.(Agencies)
