22 Feb 2019  |   05:48am IST

Kashmiri students attacked in Maharashtra

A video of the incident has gone viral on the social media and a case has been registered at the Yavatmal police station

PTI, NAGPUR: In the latest incident of assault on Kashmiri students after the Pulwama terror attack, students from the northern state studying in a college in Yavatmal were attacked by members of Yuva Sena, the youth wing of Shiv Sena, police said Thursday.

The students were also threatened during the attack which took place Wednesday night, police said. A video of the incident has gone viral on the social media and a case has been registered at the Yavatmal police station.

The students, studying at the Dayabhai Patel Physical Education College, were attacked around 10 pm outside their rented accommodation on Waghapur Road, police said. Yavatmal SP M Rajkumar told PTI that some students from Kashmir, residing at Vaibhav Nagar under Lohara police station were attacked and threatened by some activists of Yuva Sena. "The Kashmiri students were returning home after having dinner outside when activists of Yuva Sena intercepted them and slapped them. The video of the incident is there in  the social media. The victims lodged a complaint at Lohara police station Thursday.

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