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PANAJI
The Goa University Students Council has given a 2-day ultimatum to the police to take action against all the accused in the assault on an Afghan student even as two more youth were arrested in the connection on Tuesday while one was still on the run.
A murderous assault on an Afghani student of the Goa University by a group of local youth occurred late Sunday evening. Matiulla Ari (24) the first year Master of Commerce student was stabbed in the back and narrowly escaped an injury to the kidney.
Reacting to the assault, students from Afghanistan studying at the Goa University said it was purely a ‘hate-crime’.
Students under the banner of Goa University Student Council meanwhile met the Vice-Chancellor and demanded security for the students in the campus.
Sanmesh Shet President of the council said the assault near the University had posed serious threat to security of the students. He warned that if no action is taken, students would be forced to march to the Panaji police station.
“This incident will have an impact on Goa’s image and no foreign student will come to Goa to study on foreign exchange programme”, he added. Meanwhile, a delegation of the National Students
