ABVP accused of shouting ‘Goli Maaron Saalon Ko’ at Muslim students at Hyderabad University
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing associated to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allegedly made hate slogans such as “Go to Pakistan”' and “Goli Maaro Saalon Ko” against Muslims students belonging to the Muslim Students Federation (MSF) in University of Hyderabad on Wednesday, February 15, during a Union General Body Meeting.
Following the ruckus, the meeting was cancelled. The MSF, which is the student front of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), alleged that the ABVP students attempted to physically attack the students, but it was thwarted by the security personnel of the University.
In the Union General Body Meeting, the outgoing Students’ Union will submit their union report, following which the Union will be dissolved and the process to conduct fresh Students’ Union election will commence. According to the MSF students, the ABVP students disrupted the proceedings of the meeting. Sensing trouble, the meeting was called off and the Union was dissolved.
However, the Students’ Union members continued to present their report amid slogans and chaos.
“As we were leaving the amphitheater, the ABVP students tried to physically assault us from behind. But their attempts were foiled by the security personnel present there. However, they made slogans against us saying, ‘Go to Pakistan’ and ‘Goli Maaro Saalon Ko,’ alleged president of MSF, Muhsin Bin Mustafha.
Muhsin also alleged that the University’s security personnel showed bias during the ruckus. “We also condemn the inaction and bias of the university security as they intimidated us and portrayed us as outsiders. We are not going to bow down for such hate and intimidation,” the MSF said in its statement.
The ABVP in a statement said that they raised objections to the proceedings claiming that the Student’s Union president Abhishek Nandan, was no longer a student of the campus, and not eligible to participate in the meeting. “By university law, he is unauthorised to speak at the GBM. ABVP karyakartas rightly pointed it out and asked the union to assign either the vice president or the general secretary to address the students on behalf of them. But, these traitors who were waiting for an opportunity to unleash violence found this as an opportunity and started abusing and manhandling the karyakartas,” they claimed.
Courtesy: www.thenewsminute.com
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Explosive device kills 13, injures 38 on bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persists
Bogota (Colombia) (PTI): An explosive device killed 13 people travelling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country's army chief described as a “terrorist act" that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug trafficking in the region escalates.
Octavio Guzman, the governor of the region of Cauca, said on X that the device was set off while the bus was travelling along the Panamerican Highway in the municipality of Cajibio. Five children were among the injured, Cauca Health Secretary Carolina Camargo told Noticias Caracol, a TV news program.
Gen. Hugo Lopez, commander of Colombia's Armed Forces, told a news conference that it was a “terrorist act" and blamed the network of a man known as “Ivan Mordisco” — one of Colombia's most wanted figures — and the Jaime Martínez faction. Both are dissidents of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that operate in the region.
Neither Ivan Mordisco nor the Jaime Martínez faction abide by the peace agreement signed with the state in 2016.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned the attack on X.
“Those who carried out the attack and killed seven civilians — and wounded 17 others — in Cajibío — many of them Indigenous people — are terrorists, fascists, and drug traffickers,” he wrote.
The attack is the latest in a spate of explosions that have attempted to target public infrastructure. At least 26 incidents have taken place in the past two days in southwestern Colombia, which Lopez said have only affected civilians.
They included a shooting at a police station in the rural area of Jamundi, and an attack on a Civil Aviation radar facility in El Tambo, where authorities took down three explosives-laden drones earlier on Saturday. No one was hurt.
On Friday, two vehicles rigged with explosives were detonated near military units in Cali and Palmira, causing material damage.
The escalation of violence in that region — a territory contested by illegal armed groups linked to drug trafficking — prompted the mobilisation of high-ranking officials on Saturday. Led by Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez, the delegation that includes regional governors and local authorities, was meeting in Palmira when the deadly explosion occurred.
“These criminals seek to instil fear, but we will respond with firmness,” Sanchez said on X.
Meanwhile, Francisca Toro, governor of Valle del Cauca, has called upon the national government to provide “immediate support.” In a message on X, Toro called for a reinforcement of public security forces, enhanced intelligence operations and “decisive actions” against crime in the face of a “terrorist-level escalation.”
According to authorities, Cauca and Valle del Cauca serve as a critical hub for illicit activities of illegal armed groups vying for control over sea and river access routes leading to the port of Buenaventura — a key transit point used to traffic drugs to Central America and Europe.
The government has also offered a reward of more than 1 million dollars for information leading to the capture of “Marlon,” who is identified as the leader of the region's dissident group. On Friday, local authorities offered more than USD 14,000 for information leading to the identification and location of those behind the attacks in Cali and Palmira.
