SKIMS Students Cleared of Charges, Internal Probe says Pak Celebration Video Not of Institute.

An internal probe has found that students from Sher E Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, were not part of cheering Pakistan’s win over India nor was its premises used, after a detailed study of the video that surfaced on social media.

The SKIMS director Dr A G Ahangar had constituted a five-member team, drawn from senior faculty, to investigate if students had actually cheered for Pakistan. The probe panel was mandated to check the veracity of the video and whether the SKIMS was linked to the controversy.

Police on Monday had registered two separate cases under anti-terrorism charges against the staff and students of SKIMS and Government Medical College, Srinagar after two different videos surfaced on social media where students were seen cheering Pakistan win against the Indian cricket team.

Police had registered FIR under section 13 ULPA, 105 A, and 505 IPC for the purported video attributed to SKIMS in the Soura police station.

Not SKIMS Video

In its report, the SKIMS fact-finding team has argued that the central hall or the recreation mess in the unmarried hostel as shown in the viral video do not resemble “even by a distance” the ones at SKIMS premises.

The team while analysing the video points out there is no central pillar in the hall of SKIMS hostel as against the one shown in the video. Similarly, the colour of the wall in the hall at SKIMS is green as compared to the white that is seen in the video.

The report concluded that the appearance of none of the students in the video resembled the ones studying in SKIMS. “The difference of location in the video with the spot analysis of the hostel made us conclude that no such celebrations had taken place in SKIMS,” sources told News18.

The fact-finding team completed the probe within the stipulated time and handed it over to the director who in turn has forwarded it to the LG administration. Neither Ahangar nor any panel member was available for comment. One official at SKIMS refused to divulge details saying the report has been submitted to higher-ups.

Another video where some girls students were seen “crying and raising slogans in favour of Pakistan” is allegedly being linked to Government Medical College, Srinagar. A separate FIR under section 13 ULPA has been registered in Karan Nagar police station.