Student from Jammu and Kashmir attacked in Maharashtra’s Nagpur

A pharmacy student hailing from Jammu and Kashmir was on Sunday allegedly attacked by a group of people in Nagpur’s Kamptee area, The Hindu reported on Tuesday quoting police officials.

The incident occurred when two first-year students – Mohammad Waseem from Doda and Piyush Lanjeh from Jammu – were returning to their hostel and were approached by some residents. Waseem was questioned about his background by them and when he could not respond clearly, the situation escalated into an assault, which ended only when Lanjeh clarified that they were college students, the newspaper quoted the police as saying.

The student who was attacked described the attackers as “anti-social elements” and denied any communal motive behind the incident. However, he acknowledged that the assault began only after he disclosed that he was from Jammu and Kashmir, The Hindu reported.

Kamptee police station Mahesh Andhale told The Times of India that the students had gone to the Kampee market to buy books. On the way back, they took a shortcut through a small settlement, and one of them stopped to urinate, which led to an altercation between them and some locals, the official said.

Waseem told the newspaper: “We were not aware the area from where we passed was notorious for criminal activity. They held us by shirt’s collar and attempt...

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