The Jammu and Kashmir Students’ Association (JKSA) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to urgently intervene to ensure the safety and well-being of Indian medical students currently studying in Bangladesh amid ongoing protests, tensions and incidents of violence, particularly in Dhaka and surrounding regions.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Association urged him to intervene and ensure the safety and security of Indian medical students in view of the prevailing unrest and insecure conditions in Bangladesh.
The association’s national convener, Nasir Khuehami, said there are about 9,000 Indian students pursuing medical education in various colleges across Bangladesh, among them more than 4,000 students from the Kashmir Valley.
“Students studying in Dhaka told us that they were advised to hide their identity for their own safety, which is deeply disturbing and unacceptable for young Indians who have gone abroad only for education,” Khuehami said in the letter quoted by ANI.
The reported “death and lynching of the student leader has further shocked and alarmed the entire student community and their families back home,” he said, stressing the seriousness of the situation and the potential risks faced by Indian students on the ground.
“Many students are confined to hostels and accommodation, facing restrictions on movement, uncertainty and fear of being caught in violence. Parents in India live in constant anxiety, unsure of their children’s safety. Prevailing conditions are unsafe and insecure, and students feel vulnerable and stranded,” the letter said.
Khuehami said the Association has been receiving distress calls and messages from students and their families who are extremely concerned about the rapidly deteriorating situation and the atmosphere of fear and insecurity that exists there.
Urging immediate action, Khuehami said, “We urge the Prime Minister to kindly intervene and ensure the immediate safety and security of Indian medical students in Bangladesh. We request the Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian High Commission in Dhaka to urgently take up this matter with the Government of Bangladesh and seek firm guarantees for the safety, dignity and welfare of our students.”
We appeal to the Prime Minister to kindly intervene and ensure the immediate safety and security of the Indian medical students in Bangladesh.
The association also called for evacuation if the situation worsens, saying, “If the situation of tension and violence continues or worsens, the Government of India should kindly consider taking measures for the evacuation and safe return of Indian students back to India so that no lives of young people are at risk. Early evacuation, if required, will help prevent any untoward incident and reassure families across the country.”
