A fact finding panel at the Sher e Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) has given a clean chit to students at the institute booked for allegedly cheering for Pakistan cricket team in a T20 World Cup match against India.
According to a report by News 18, the 5-member panel, which had been tasked by Director SKIMS to probe the allegations has concluded that “neither its premises was used nor students of the institute had participated in the celebrations”, the News 18 report said.
The students at SKIMS along with those at GMC Srinagar were booked after purported videos showed them ‘cheering’ for Pakistan cricket team in the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match in the UAE the preceding day. Pakistan won that match by 10 wickets.
“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 SKIMS fact finding committee has argued in its report as per News 18.
“The colour of the wall in the hall at SKIMS is green as compared to the white that is seen in the video”.
As per the News 18 report, the enquiry concluded that the appearance of none of the students in the video resembled the ones studying in SKIMS.