Author: Sharat Pradhan
in Lucknow
Publication: Rediff
on Net
Date: September 14,
2000
The involvement of a
few students of the Aligarh Muslim University with a Kashmiri militant
group has been confirmed, Uttar Pradesh principal home secretary V K Mittal
told reporters in Lucknow on Wednesday.
"Apart from tape-recorded
confessions made by the recently-arrested AMU student Abdul Mobin, startling
revelations were made in a complaint by a senior faculty member of the
university, who was also a provost of one of the hostels," Mittal said.
The Kashmir hostel provost
Dr Sajid Ali Khan complained to the local police that he had received threats
and claimed that an attempt was also made to murder him, for his refusal
to allow unauthorised occupants in the hostel.
Khan had named Chaudhary
Mushir Khan, an arts student and Mohammad Athar Mansoor, a law student,
of intimidating him and even firing a gun, while warning him to keep off.
The students, who were alleged to have allowed four others to stay with
them, first threatened the professor on phone. Later, they went to
him and even fired a shot to terrorise him.
The university authorities
ordered immediate suspension of the two students. However, the police
have yet to apprehend them.
According to Mittal,
"The university vice-chancellor, a former diplomat and the registrar, a
serving IPS officer, were co-operating with the investigations."
He said show cause notices
had been issued to four of the 12 students 'wanted' by the police for the
assault on an Intelligence Bureau official. "Actually, only four
are regular students, while six of those named in the FIR are either rusticated
or former students. The names of two others were mentioned wrongly",
Mittal pointed out.
The police have, however,
failed to track down any on these suspects.
