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At minimum fifteen learners from Pakistan’s minority Hindu local community ended up hurt on Monday following associates of a radical Islamic scholar organisation allegedly stopped them from celebrating Holi at the Punjab college premises right here.
Holi, a competition of colors, is celebrated to mark the onset of spring.
The incident took position at the Legislation Faculty of Punjab College on Monday, when all over thirty Hindu learners collected to rejoice Holi.
“As learners collected at the lawns of the legislation university, the Islami Jamiat Tulba (IJT) activists forcibly stopped them from celebrating Holi, which led to a clash ensuing in accidents to fifteen Hindu learners,” Kashif Brohi, a college scholar and an eyewitness explained to PTI.
They experienced taken a prior authorization from the college administration, Brohi claimed.
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Khet Kumar, who endured accidents on his hand, mentioned the college guards thrashed them when they held a demonstration outside the house the Vice-Chancellor business office to protest the cure meted out by IJT associates.
“We have submitted an software with the law enforcement from the IJT and the stability guards included in thrashing and torturing us, but FIR has not been registered as nevertheless,” Kumar mentioned.
When contacted by PTI, IJT (Punjab College) spokesperson Ibrahim Shahid denied the involvement of its learners in the incident.
“None of the learners included in a brawl with the Hindu learners belong to the IJT,” he mentioned and extra the IJT organised ‘Quran Reading’ at the legislation university.
Punjab College spokesman Khurram Shahzad explained to PTI that the varsity administration experienced not presented authorization to the keep Holi celebrations at the lawns of the legislation university.
“There would not have been any challenge experienced the celebrations ended up noticed indoors,” he mentioned.
Shahzad extra the V-C has purchased inquiry into the issue.
