J-K: Clashes erupt at Rajouri varsity, 4 vehicles torched

Tension prevailed at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah (BGSB) University campus in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Monday after two groups of students clashed, attacking each other with stones and setting on fire four vehicles.

Tension prevailed at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah (BGSB) University in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Monday after two groups of students clashed, attacking each other with stones and setting on fire four vehicles.

Tension prevailed at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah (BGSB) University campus in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Monday after two groups of students clashed, attacking each other with stones and setting on fire four vehicles. (ANI)

Police rushed to the university campus and are trying to bring the situation under control.

“There were clashes between two groups of students (locals and those from the Valley) on the university campus over some issue”, DIG Poonch Rajouri range, Johny Williams said.

Williams said for the past few days, there was some tension between these groups but the university authorities said they will sort out the issue. However, students indulged in stone-pelting and some vehicles were torched, he added.