A bunch of 122 teachers and anxious residents have urged Gujarat College Vice-Chancellor Neerja Gupta to situation a public assertion condemning the incident of assault on international college students for providing namaz in addition to present sensitisation to college students in regards to the variety of spiritual faiths and practices.
“We urge you to situation a public assertion condemning the incident in order that residents of India and elsewhere can recognise that Gujarat College doesn’t condone hooliganism and violence towards its college students,” mentioned present and former teachers and different involved residents in an open letter addressed to Gupta.
Among the many signatories are present and former teachers Raghavan Rangarajan, Navdeep Mathur, Neha Shah and Ghanshyam Shah.
A message to all of the Gujarat College college students and personally to the victims of the assault, reassuring them of the College’s dedication to their security, will present some succour to all college students who could also be feeling insecure in gentle of the assault, they mentioned within the letter.
The signatories additionally urged the V-C to offer sensitisation to college students about “the variety of spiritual faiths and practices and in regards to the significance of mutual respect for beliefs and practices of all faiths,” after noting the vice chancellor’s assertion within the media that worldwide college students might be supplied with cultural sensitisation. “A college campus is a protected area for all college students and the way wherein college students had been focused is condemnable,” acknowledged the letter, including the authorities must take extra quick motion towards the miscreants who’re from the College.
“We presume the college is offering emotional help to the scholars who had been attacked in addition to taking steps to make sure their bodily security,” the letter additional acknowledged. The incident has tarnished the fame of Gujarat College inside the nation and overseas, it added.
On the night time of March 16, round two dozen folks barged into the hostel of the government-run college and assaulted college students from international nations for providing namaz at one of many blocks throughout the ongoing month of Ramzan.
Two individuals from Sri Lanka and Tajikistan had been hospitalised after the incident. 5 individuals have been arrested to this point in reference to the assault, as per the police.
The letter acknowledged that seen actions by the college indicating it’s vigorously pursuing with the police for swift motion towards the perpetrators of the assault will ship the best sign to all involved that it’s a severe educational establishment dedicated to creating the best surroundings for scholarship and training.
“As a minimum, the college should pursue with the Ahmedabad Metropolis Police as to why the miscreants had been allowed to depart the campus of their presence, as has been seen in movies, as an alternative of being detained for questioning and investigation,” it mentioned.