NIT Srinagar protest: Classwork suspended at two colleges in Kashmir

Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have suspended the academic activities in two colleges including the National Institute of Technology NIT in the capital city Srinagar on Thursday as a precautionary measureThe move comes two days after NIT Srinagar protest and a day after demonstrations in other colleges in Srinagar against a nonlocal students social media ldquoblasphemousrdquo post against prophet Muhammad PNUHWhile officials of NITSrinagar declared a holiday for Thursday Islamia College of Science and Commerce suspended all classwork and internal examinations scheduled for the day newswire PTI reportedProtests were held at the NITSrinagar on Tuesday over the students social media post allegedly hurting religious sentiments The protesters demanded stringent action against the nonlocal student who has been sent home on leaveThe students blocked both the gates of the institution located in the Nigeen area of the city and raised slogans inside the campusIn the aftermath of NIT Srinagar protest police registered a case and started an investigation Police filed a case against the student for promoting religious enmity between communitiesProtests were also held at Amar Singh College and Islamia College in Srinagar on Wednesday against the post videos of which were shared by many social media usersThe police received information about a protest by students at the NIT campus Upon investigation it was discovered that a student had posted objectionable content on social media though the video was not the students own but taken from YouTube Inspector General of Police IGP Kashmir V K Birdi said on TuesdayAlso read NIT Srinagar protest suspends academic activities after protests over alleged blasphemous social media postBirdi said the content of the post has hurt the religious feelings of the peopleThe police have received a written complaint from the NIT registrar urging legal action We have taken legal action under relevant sections of the law The investigation is going on the IGP had saidOn Wednesday in the meanwhile Muttahida MajliseUlama Jammu and Kashmir a religious conglomerate headed by head priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemned the ldquoblasphemous remarksrdquo against the Holy Prophet of Islam PBUH by the student terming it totally unacceptableIn a statement the leading members of the MMU said that the reverence and honour of the Holy Prophet PBUH is dearer to a Muslim than his or her life and such blasphemous remarks will not be tolerated by the Muslims of valleyTaking note of the incident MMU demanded that a thorough investigation be conducted into how and why this incident occurred and all those found involved be brought to book the statement saidMMU said that they hope that this insolence will be taken seriously by the authorities and serious efforts will be made to prevent such incidents from happening in the future With inputs from agencies