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Mufti has assured me that all students are safe : Irani on NIT

| | Apr 06, 2016, at 10:45 pm
New Delhi, Apr 6 (IBNS): Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday said Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has assured her that the students at the NIT campus, which has witnessed unrest in the past few hours, are safe.

"Mehbooba Mufti has assured me that all students are safe in the campus," Irani told media.

Earlier it was reported that Jammu and Kashmir's NIT Srinagar campus witnessed unrest on Tuesday as police allegedly lathi-charged  some students in the campus.

Several students have been reportedly injured.

Outstation students expressed sense of insecurity and tried to leave the campus on Tuesday, reports said.

Following a confrontation, police resorted to lathi-charge.

CRPF personnel have been deployed in the campus.

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