The Nandanwan police in Nagpur on Wednesday night arrested six persons including the main accused Gaffar Ali Ramzan Ali (42) for threatening and assaulting Kashmiri students forcing them to evict their rented homes in the New Nandanwan area. The Kashmiri students, however, have yet not returned to their homes.
The matter had come to light a few days ago when the media in Kashmir raised the issue of a number of Kashmiri students being mentally and physically harassed in Nagpur by a few local goons.
According to the Kashmiri students, the main accused Gaffar had a three-year-old enmity with a Kashmiri student who tried to woo his wife. Since then Gaffar has had an axe to grind against the Kashmiris living in Nagpur. Chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir Omar Abdullah said on Twitter that he had contacted the police authorities in Nagpur who assured him of immediate action.
The aggrieved students are pursuing physical education degree from Vasant Rao Naik College. The students lived in two buildings owned by Mohammad Asif Abdul Aziz.
Senior police inspector Sunil Jaiswal of Nandanwan police said, “We did not receive any complaints but our officials found out that an altercation had taken place last week and again on Monday night between a few residents and some Kashmiri stud-
ents.”
“We then contacted their landlord Mr Aziz who registered a FIR with us. It’s a rumour that 100 Kashmiris were harmed,” said Mr Jaiswal.
According to Mr Aziz’s police statement, on Monday around 10.30 pm the accused armed with bamboo sticks, barged into their residence and assaulted them.
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PG medical seats to go up by 100%
Age Correspondent
Mumbai, Jan. 17
By June this year, the number of postgraduate medical seats will increase by 100 per cent, said Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union minister of health and family welfare.
“Never before in this country, the number of seats have increased by 100 per cent,” said Mr Azad, speaking at an inaugural function of All India Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AICOG) conference in Bandra.
With the increase in number of doctors passing postgraduate medical courses, the ministry aims to reduce infant and maternal mortality rate. In 2010, the ministry had relax-ed the policy of student- teacher ratio in medical colleges to increase the number seats.
According to the latest sample registration survey, the maternal mortality stood at 212 per 1,00,000 live births and the infant mortality rate is even higher at 44 per 1,000 live births.
“We are seeing a decline in the infant and maternal mortality rate but efforts are needed to achieve the development goals,” said Mr Azad.