At least five foreign national students suffered injuries following a late-night brawl on Gujarat varsity hostel campus
The Ahmedabad Police on Sunday arrested two persons — Hitesh Mewada and Bharat Patel — in connection with violence at Gujarat University in which at least five foreign national students suffered injuries following a late-night brawl on the hostel campus.
The police have booked more than a dozen others and the investigation is under way, which may lead to more arrests. The police have formed several teams to nab the culprits.
Two students, one from Sri Lanka and another from Tajikistan, were hospitalised after the violence took place in the boy’s hostel’s A-block on Saturday night.
As many as five international students, who are from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka, were offering namaz when an outside mob allegedly protested and shouted religious slogans, which led to an altercation between the two groups and subsequent violence.
According to the police, Hitesh Mewada and Bharat Patel have been arrested under multiple Sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), and 447 (punishment for trespass), among others.
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