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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityAsiaChinaIndiaGujarat University: Foreign students attacked in India over Ramadan prayersPublished4 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsRamadanImage source, Gujarat PoliceImage caption, Police say a group of men barged into the hostel on Saturday nightBy Roxy Gagdekar in Ahmedabad and Meryl Sebastian in KochiBBC NewsPolice in India have arrested five people after some international students were assaulted in a university hostel while offering Ramadan prayers.Officials say a heated argument about the location of the prayers led to the physical attack in Gujarat University in western India on Saturday.Police sources said five students were treated for injuries.India’s foreign ministry said that the Gujarat government was taking “strict action” against the perpetrators.GS Malik, the police commissioner of Ahmedabad city, told reporters that around two dozen people entered the hostel on Saturday night and objected to the students offering prayers, asking them to do so in a mosque. “They argued over the issue, assaulting them and hurling stones. They also vandalised their rooms,” he said, adding that a team had been formed to investigate the case. Another senior police official, Tarun Duggal, told BBC Gujarati that the names of the five arrested men are Hitesh Mewada, Bharat Patel, Shitij Pandey, Jitendra Patel and Sunil Dudhirua. They have not made any public statement while in police custody. He added that more people may be arrested soon.Police have not confirmed whether the men are connected to any political or religious organisations.Reporters from BBC Gujarati who visited the spot on Saturday said that they saw stones and broken vehicles at the scene. Videos circulating online showed a mob raising Hindu religious slogans as they attacked the students, vandalised vehicles and pelted stones.Image caption, Reporters from BBC Gujarati saw stones and broken glass at the sceneThree of the injured students have been discharged from hospital while two others are in a stable condition.Navid Siddique, a student from Afghanistan who was injured in the attack, told the Times of India newspaper that he and other students were offering Taraweeh, a special nightly prayer occurring during Ramadan, when three people entered the hostel and began questioning them. “An argument ensued and they returned with a larger mob armed with stones, iron pipes and attacked us. They went on a rampage in the hostel assaulting students in their rooms and damaging property and vehicles,” he told the newspaper. Noman, another student from Afghanistan, told BBC Gujarati that similar incidents had happened before. “There is a lot of risk here for students from other countries,” he alleged.Police say around 300 foreign students – many from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and African countries – study at the university. Reports say the injured students were in India with scholarships from the federal government-backed Indian Council for Cultural Relations.The BBC has emailed university officials for comment.Dr Neerja A Gupta, vice-chancellor of Gujarat University, told reporters over the weekend that there had been tensions between the foreign students and the attackers for some time. “As per the information available with me, this (prayers) is not the main issue,” she told reporters.Dr Gupta said the foreign students would be shifted to new hostels with better security and facilities. This is not the first time that tensions have played out over Muslims offering prayers in India. In 2021, Muslims offering namaz in public places in Gurgaon faced regular interruptions and protests from members of Hindu hard-line groups. Earlier this month, a policeman in Delhi was suspended after he was caught on camera kicking Muslim men offering namaz on the side of a road.Read more India stories from the BBC:New India election to be held in seven stagesLottery firm tops list of India’s political donorsWater crisis shakes India’s Silicon ValleyThe cruel Yale benefactor who traded in Indian slavesIndia to enforce migrant law that excludes MuslimsRelated TopicsAsiaRamadanIndiaTop StoriesPutin claims landslide and scorns US democracyPublished8 hours agoWatch: Putin thanks Russia after predictable win. 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[ad_1] Five men have been arrested in Gujarat after the students were assaulted while offering prayers.
![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaSydney murder case: Tributes flood in for Jesse Baird and Luke DaviesPublished34 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Jesse BairdImage caption, Police say they are “very confident” that they have found the bodies of Luke Davies (left) and Jesse Baird (right)By Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, SydneyTributes have flowed in for suspected Australian murder victims Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, as relatives visit the site where their bodies were found.Police located human remains inside “surf bags” on a rural property in Bungonia, south of Sydney, on Tuesday.The discovery ends a search that has gripped and horrified Australia.Police officer Beaumont Lamarre-Condon has been charged with murdering the couple, allegedly with his work-issued gun. He is yet to enter a plea. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was among those who paid tribute to Mr Baird and Mr Davies, offering condolences to their family and friends.”They obviously were full of life… this is just a terrible incident,” he said, adding that it was a “tough day” for the LGBTQ+ community.Dozens of Mr Davies friends held an intimate beach-side vigil in Sydney on Tuesday evening, lighting candles beside a portrait of the 29-year-old – who had recently landed his dream job as an international flight attendant for Qantas. In tributes posted online, Mr Davies has been remembered as a beautiful soul with a “lust for life”, a love of travel and a cheeky smile.”I can’t believe he’s gone. What a tragic waste,” his friend Rory Grant said, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Meanwhile Mr Baird – a TV personality and Australian Football League umpire – has been remembered by loved ones as a talented, effervescent, and caring man.His cousin, Austin Baird, described the 26-year-old as his “first ever best friend”. “I am beyond devastated… you were one in a million,” he wrote on Instagram.And his peers at Network 10 have said he was more friend than colleague. “[He was] like a little brother. He had this big, beautiful smile [and] at 26 he was an absolute star,” said Sarah Harris – the host of current affairs show the Project – in a teary on-air tribute on Sunday.Police under scrutinyIn a series of press conferences this week, New South Wales (NSW) Police have shared a timeline of how they allege the killings of the Sydney couple unfolded. Witnesses have said they heard “shouting” from inside Mr Baird’s inner-city Paddington home on the morning of 19 February. Around 09:50 local time (22:50 GMT), neighbours heard gunshots but did not report them to police until days later.Within minutes of the gunshots, an emergency call was made from Mr Davies’ phone but quickly disconnected. Police say they sent a patrol car to Paddington to investigate the source of the call, but they could not determine the location it originated from and did not enter Mr Baird’s home.Two more days would pass before the couple’s bloodied items were found in a bin in Cronulla, 28km (17 miles) away.Police then set up a crime scene at Mr Baird’s house last Wednesday, after finding a “significant” amount of blood and upturned furniture, as well as a bullet from Mr Lamarre-Condon’s work-issued gun.They also appealed for information and searched a family home in Balmain. Image source, EPAImage caption, Police officer Beaumont Lamarre-Condon is accused of murdering Jesse Baird and Luke DaviesOn Friday, Mr Lamarre-Condon handed himself in. The former celebrity blogger – who once dated Mr Baird – was charged with two counts of murder.Investigators allege he spent the days after the alleged killings crisscrossing the state to try and cover his tracks – enlisting the help of what police say were at least two unwitting acquaintances.In the hours after the deaths, police say Mr Lamarre-Condon hired a van to dispose of the men’s bodies, and that he sent messages from Mr Baird’s phone telling his friends he was moving to Western Australia. Detectives began searching one property in Bungonia after allegedly learning Mr Lamarre-Condon had visited it, with a person they have described as an “innocent agent”, last Wednesday.After severing a lock on a gate, Mr Lamarre-Condon then left the female acquaintance there before driving the van on to the property and returning 30 minutes later, investigators said. He was initially unwilling to co-operate with police but finally told them on Tuesday that the remains were located at another property in the same town, according to authorities.NSW Police has come under fire for its handling of the case, with questions raised over the out-of-hours access officers have to their firearms and the vetting process for prospective recruits.The Police Commissioner has also apologised after referring to the deaths as a “crime of passion” and using a Taylor Swift lyric to respond to criticisms of the force.”There will always be haters, haters like to hate, isn’t that what Taylor [Swift] says?” Karen Webb said on Tuesday.The fallout has led to NSW Police being uninvited from Sydney’s iconic Mardi Gras celebrations this weekend. Police banned from Mardi Gras after murder caseWatch accused killer policeman Beau Lamarre-Condon hand himself inPolice have long had a difficult relationship with Sydney’s LGTBQ+ community, but it is the first time since their initial inclusion in the event in 1998 that they have been asked to sit it out. Ms Webb has said she is “disappointed” by the decision and that she will try to negotiate a solution with organisers.The Australian Federal Police have voluntarily withdrawn from the march this year. “This decision was not taken lightly, but we acknowledge how some in the community are feeling about the blue uniform,” a spokesperson said in a statement.”We must always remember that this is an event for, and about LGBTQI+ communities, and those people who love and support them.”Related TopicsNew South WalesSydneyLGBTAustraliaMore on this storyPolice banned from Mardi Gras after murder casePublished1 day agoPoliceman charged with murder of missing Sydney couplePublished4 days agoTop StoriesTrump and Biden projected to win Michigan primariesPublished2 minutes agoEni Aluko says X allows people to ‘vomit hatred unchecked’Published19 minutes ago’Tragic waste’: Australia mourns murder case couplePublished34 minutes agoFeaturesThe Papers: ‘Day of royal tragedy and drama’ and ‘£16 packs of cigs’Why Google’s ‘woke’ AI problem won’t be an easy fix’My mother’s body was left by smugglers in the desert’Why South Korean women aren’t having babiesWomen remain defiant as Iran holds electionsCatalonia’s farmers demand more help over droughtGazans in survival mode with cold nights and food rationsMichigan vote tests anger over Biden’s Israel policyWhy firms are racing to produce green ammoniaElsewhere on the BBCHow did a booming computer manufacturer go bust?Commodore computers were huge in the 1980s, so why couldn’t the business adapt and survive?AttributionSoundsWhat is it really like to be a monk?’To be a monk is something very vast, very high and very beautiful’AttributioniPlayerThe screening dilemma…Could good intentions to detect illnesses early actually be causing more harm?AttributionSoundsFrom triumph to tragedy…After more than 30 years of service, America’s space shuttle took to the skies for the last timeAttributioniPlayerMost Read1’Day of royal tragedy and drama’ and ‘£16 packs of cigs’2Royals mourn Prince Michael of Kent’s son-in-law3Godson and friend guilty of Run-DMC star’s murder4Post Office confirms boss is under investigation5Cash-strapped councils target arts and parks cuts6Four of couple’s children taken into care7Trump and Biden projected to win Michigan primaries8Dozens die after bus falls off bridge in Mali9New rules make it harder to keep primates as pets10Sixth person charged with spying for Russia in UK](https://newsinsightplus.com/wp-content/uploads/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/15E01/production/_132710698_capture.png)
