A Kashmiri student from Anantnag who wished not to be named told CNS news agency over phone that masked robbers who were carrying daggers, pistols and iron rods snatched gold earrings and bangles of the two girl students.
Law students from Kashmir Valley admitted under Prime Ministers Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) in Global College of Law in Dasna Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh were looted by armed robbers on the night of September 30.
Robbers, according to these students, who hail from different districst of Valley, broke into their hostel and held 12 students, two of them girls, hostage at gunpoint for about three hours, and looted whatever they could lay their hands on – from computers to jewellery.
A Kashmiri student from Anantnag who wished not to be named told CNS news agency over phone that masked robbers who were carrying daggers, pistols and iron rods snatched gold earrings and bangles of the two girl students.
“One of our friends who had arrived here to pay admission fee for his brother also became the victim and the robbers looted Rs 40,000 from him,” he said adding that after committing the crime the robbers even took the CCTV cameras with them.
“I was in the hostel along with a roommate when someone knocked at the door,” said a fourth-year student from Anantnag. “Two men brandishing arms barged in and asked me how many students there were in the hostel and asked about the way to the office. They ordered me to take them to other rooms.”The robbers took away everything. We are scared and for a moment we felt they will kill us,” he said.
The students were, however, all praises for the local police. “The officials from Musuri police station helped us to come out of the trauma. They even arranged food for us. They are helpful and we are sure they will nab the culprits,” said the students.
Confirming the incident, Additional Superintendent of Police Ghaziabad, Ashish Srivastava said that the robbers scaled the boundary wall of Global College of Law in Masuri shortly after midnight. They bundled the students, all of them from Kashmir, into a room and ‘cleaned up’ the place. They not only took high-end cellphones and cash, but also inverters, batteries, and even clothes, shoes and chappals. “We have registered a formal case and speedy investigation is going on to nab the culprits,” he said. (CNS)