Classes remain suspended in CUK Nowgam campus, normal in Ganderbal campus

Srinagar, Nov 16: Classes remained suspended on Friday in Central University Kashmir (CUK) Nowgam on the city outskirts, where students are demanding release of their two varsity mates arrested by security forces for their alleged links with militants.

However, the Ganderbal campus, in the central Kashmir, of the varsity is functioning normally.

Expressing concern, the Central University of Kashmir Teachers Association (CUKTA) has also demanded release of detained student.

Classes remained suspended in Nowgam Ist and third campuses as a precautionary measure today, a spokesman for the CUK said.

The measure has been taken to prevent protests by students who are demanding release of their two varsity mates.

The students of Nowgam campuses held a protest demonstration at Press Enclave near here demanding release of two varsity students on November 12. Describing them as innocent, the protesting students alleged that they are being framed in false charges as militants. The students on November 11 disrupted traffic on bypass demanding the release of arrested students.

Security forces have arrested two students of political science department , Suhail Ahmad from Shopian in south Kashmir and Ismail from Baramulla last week.