Good Samaritans 'Khalsa Aid' Come To Rescue Of Kashmir Students In The Aftermath Of Pulwama Attacks

For the past couple of days, Kashmiri students living outside the state are at the receiving end of the backlash of the terror attack in Pulwama, which killed over 40 CRPF personnel. Across many cities, they have faced threats and harassment forcing many to flee or have gone incommunicado.

In the past four days,?many Kashmiri students from across India have left their colleges and are heading home in the fear of attacks.

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While exodus of Kashmiri students have been reported from cities including Delhi, Noida, Jaipur and Ludhiana, the highest number is from Dehradun.

Nasir Khuehami, a student leader from Kashmir told Indiatimes that in four days they have rescued around 1100 students across India, mostly from Dehradun.

Khuehami also said that international Sikh charity, Khalsa Aid is coordinating with them to bring the student home.

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"We have coordination with Khalsa Aid, they provided accommodation, shelter, food and every possible Support," Khuehami said.

Gurmeet Singh, a Khalsa Aid volunteer said they are doing their best by providing buses and shelter for them to bring the students to safety .

"We began this on Monday where we had sent seven buses to Dehradun. Our volunteers accompanied them on the bus which brought them to Chandigarh first. In Chandigarh the students were given food and temporary shelters. The first batch of 70 students reached Jammu today morning," Singh said.

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"The second batch of 110 students began their journey from Dehradun to Chandigarh on Monday night on 12 buses. We have around 15 volunteers from Khalsa Aid to coordinate the entire mission," he said adding that there are around 100 more Kashmiri students in Dehradun.

"They have told us that they are in a safe location. But if there is any situation where they have to be moved out of the city, our volunteers will be there to help them," Singh said.

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"For us, humanity comes first. What happened in Pulwama was unfortunate, it shouldn't have happened. But these are students, they did not have anything to do with the terror attack. It is wrong to target them. With this, we want to sent out a message of peace, love, not just here, but across the country," he said.