The Uttarakhand police on Thursday arrested the director and the deputy chief executive officer of the Roorkee Institute of Technology in Haridwar along with six others for allegedly assaulting two Nigerian students on campus.
The video of the incident is doing rounds on social media, has sparked public outrage.
Visuals of the two students sitting in the back of a car without their shirts and crying in pain have also gone viral.
The alleged assault took place on Wednesday when the two students had an argument with the security guards who allegedly beat them up for trying to leave the campus, Circle Officer Manglaur Abhay Singh said. The students lived in the campus hostel but had not been paying their fees. Due to this, the management had decided to restrict their movement to mount pressure on them, Singh added.
“Total 8 people including the security guards of Roorkee Institute of Technology (RIIT) Bhagwanpur college have been arrested for thrashing two Nigerian students, in Haridwar district. The incident took place on Wednesday. A case has been registered. Action will be taken against those involved in the incident,” Abhay Singh, CO Manglaur, Haridwar told media persons here.
“Various videos have surfaced online and we are looking into it. Further investigation is underway,” he added.
Mr Singh said that the victim students have been admitted to hospital and they are recovering.
“Students faced problems after they ran out of money. They use to have their meals in the college canteen, but the manager stopped providing food after the student failed to pay. They wanted to go to their friends home but the college administration did not give permission. They stepped out and upon their returned got into a fight with guard and later college administration called goons to beat them up. They were badly beaten up and people recorded videos too,” said a local.
