“Kashmiri Students Being Hounded & Evicted!” JKSA Begs PM Modi to Stop Witch-Hunt
Red Fort blast sparks mass profiling of Kashmiri students across north India.
The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Monday launched a desperate public appeal, alleging that hundreds of Kashmiri students pursuing higher education in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi and Uttarakhand are facing systematic profiling, police questioning, hostel raids and sudden eviction notices from landlords in the wake of the deadly November 10 car bomb blast near Delhi’s Red Fort that claimed 13 lives and injured dozens.
Addressing a packed press conference in Srinagar, JKSA national convenor Nasir Khuehami revealed that frightened students have been flooding the association’s helplines with reports of midnight knocks by local police, abrupt termination of rental agreements, and open hostility from neighbours who now view every Kashmiri face with suspicion, forcing many to abandon studies mid-semester and catch the first bus or flight back home.
While unequivocally condemning the Red Fort terror attack “in the strongest possible terms” and extending full cooperation to any legitimate investigation, Khuehami stressed that punishing an entire community for the actions of a handful of individuals is both unjust and dangerous, warning that such collective vilification risks alienating an entire generation of Kashmiri youth who have chosen education and India’s mainstream over violence.
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With police confirming they have already screened more than 500 Kashmiri residents in Faridabad alone and the NIA taking over the UAPA case involving detained doctors from Al Falah University who allegedly knew the blast’s main perpetrator Dr Umar Nabi, JKSA pointed out that legitimate security measures are being twisted into a broader anti-Kashmiri campaign by vigilante groups and overzealous local authorities.
Urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence and issue an immediate public statement affirming that Kashmiri students are equal citizens of India and directing state governments to protect them from harassment, the students’ body declared: “One terrorist does not make a million Kashmiris terrorists — only a clear message from the Prime Minister can stop this witch-hunt before it destroys lives and dreams.”
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