A bunch of Jadavpur University
students was branded anti-national and abused and threatened at Benaras
Hindu University on February 17-18 when they had gone to participate in a
tournament, reported Times of India.
"Chun, chun ke marenge (we will identify each of
you and beat you)," some BHU students hollered and called them
anti-nationals, as the JU boys tried to escape by mingling with the
crowd. On the evening of February 16, a JNU solidarity rally at JU saw
anti-India slogans being raised by a section of the students.
Slogans like ‘Kashmir mange azadi’, ‘Manipur mange
azadi’, ‘Afzal guru zindabad’ were raised by the rallying students. The
JU handball team seems to have paid the price for it.
They were so terrified by the threats that they
chose to play without their university jerseys on February 18 for fear
of being identified, lost the first round, and took a train home the
next day. JU vice-chancellor Suranjan Das has asked the head of the
department of physical education to file a report on the incident.
Aparup Konar, director of physical instruction, confirmed the heckling.
The 11 JU boys left for Varanasi for the eastern zone inter-university
handball competition.
The next day, the students could sense hostility
from a section of BHU students. Unable to identify them, some BHU
students singled out two participating students, grabbed them and asked
if they were from JU. "The duo somehow wriggled free by saying they were
representing Calcutta University," said a team member.
