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India on Sunday said that the Gujarat government is taking strict action against the perpetrators of violence at a university in Ahmedabad in which two foreign students sustained injuries..
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said one of the two foreign students injured in the violence has been discharged from hospital...
"An incidence of violence took place at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad yesterday..
According to Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik, the incident occurred on Saturday night when some 20-25 people entered a hostel premises of Gujarat University in Ahmedabad "and objected to the international students offering namaz there, asking them to do so in a mosque..
An FIR was registered against 20-25 people and nine teams were formed to conduct a probe into the incident, Malik said.. There are around 300 international students enrolled at the university including from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka and countries in Africa, he said.. Nearly 75 of the international students stay in the A-block hostel of the university where the incident occurred, the official said..
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