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Kashmir: Checks on students coming for Pranab's convocation address
Wednesday September 26, 2012 02:43:39 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar: Intelligence
sleuths are checking out the backgrounds of students and scholars
attending the 18th convocation of the Kashmir University to be
addressed by President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday.
Many of the 214 student toppers and 234 PhD and M.Phil scholars
will be awarded their medals and degrees at the convocation.
Most have have already registered themselves. But given the
security drill associated with a presidential visit, local
intelligence and police are making enquiries about their
backgrounds.
Although no intelligence official agreed to go on record, many
registered students said sleuths had visited their homes, asking
questions about their family backgrounds and verifying other
details.
Mukherjee arrives here Wednesday on his first visit to Jammu and
Kashmir after taking office.
The university's banned students union has announced a boycott of
the convocation. It has asked students to wear black bands and
hoist black flags to protest the visit.
A big concern for authorities is the past experience of many
refusing to stand up when the national anthem is played.
"No disrespect to the national anthem will be tolerated and those
attending the convocation have been advised to ensure that the
dignity and the protocol during the high profile visit are
observed in letter and spirit," said an official of the university
who asked not to be named.
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