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By Aditya Vaibhav: Bihar-based students were flown out from Manipur on Tuesday morning in view of the violent clashes in the northeast state. The Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government had organised the rescue effort for Bihari students studying at various universities in the violence-struck state.
Ahead of their arrival, the students’ parents had gathered outside the Patna airport to welcome them.
Speaking to India Today, one of the parents said that she was grateful to the Bihar government for ensuring a safe return of the students.
Her son Prashant Kumar, a student of National Sports University in Manipur, said that his campus was kept safe despite the tense situation outside. He also said that the local administration and paramilitary forces made sure the students were not affected by the clashes.
Another student, Nitish Kumar, who was studying electrical engineering at National Institute of Technology (NIT) said he witnessed violence outside his college but didn’t feel threatened due to his campus’s security arrangements.
Over 100 students from Bihar were brought back from Manipur on Tuesday in a special flight commissioned by the Nitish Kumar government, reported news agency PTI.
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The flight carried 142 students from Bihar and 21 students from Jharkhand. The Bihar government has arranged an AC bus to take the Jharkhand-based students to their state after they reached Bihar.
Talking about the ethnic clashes in Manipur, Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday said that 60 people were killed due to the clashes and 231 were left injured. Around 1,700 houses, including religious places were burnt since the violent protests began on May 3.
Manipur chief minister said that 60 people were killed, 231 injured and 1,700 houses, including religious places, burnt in the ethnic violence that rocked the northeastern state in the past few days.
Ethnic violence broke out in Manipur lately after tribals staged a demonstration in ten hill districts of the state protesting against Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status. Around 23,000 people were displaced in the violence that followed resulting in 60 deaths.
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