Students clash: Stones thrown at college bus

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Four students of Government Institute of Technology were injured on Thursday after a rival group pelted their bus with stones. The students staged a protest demonstration in front of the Gadai police station. Nauman, one of the protesting students, said that dozens of students were returning home in the college bus. “When the bus stopped at the Gadai railway crossing, some former students of the college threw stones at it. Some of them later boarded the bus and beat up Rehan Ahmad and Samiullah,” Nauman said. He said two students, Tariq Wadani and Saqlain, were hit by the stones. The students then staged a sit-in in front of the police station, demanding action against the attackers. Talking to The Express Tribune, Gadai SHO Muhammad Ali said that a case would be registered after they received medical reports of the injured students. He said polic were investigating.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 12^th, 2014.