Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 31: The SKIMS internal probe that was set into motion after the videos which allegedly showed its students cheering after Pakistan’s victory against India has concluded that neither its students were part of it, nor were its premises used for the same.
The officials in the know-how of the developments told Excelsior that Director SKIMS, Soura Dr A.G. Ahangar had constituted a 5-member probe panel in order to investigate the matter internally while as the panel was directed to come up with its findings which were then to be submitted to the higher-ups.
It was told that after thorough analysis of the videos that surfaced on the social media platforms soon after Pakistan victory over India in the T-20 cricket match, the panel concluded that the people shown cheering in the videos do not belong to the institution and at the same time has put it on record that the premises shown in the videos are not of the SKIMS.
“Soon after the incident came to the fore, the panel of senior faculty members was formed and they were tasked to ascertain whether the students from SKIMS were actually part of the celebrations and submit its findings within 48 hours,” officials said.
Officials further said that after thorough analysis, the probe panel has given a “clean chit” to the students of the SKIMS who were termed to have taken part in the celebrations, against which an FIR also stands registered. “At the same time, it has also been stated that the SKIMS premises were not used for the same,” officials said.
Earlier, two videos had surfaced which were alleged to have come from GMC, Srinagar and SKIMS, while the SKIMS has probed the matter and is all set to submit the report to the Government, it could not be confirmed whether the GMC had also started an internal probe in the matter or not.
Officials said that the building that has been shown in the video is not of the SKIMS. “There are stark differences and also the faces of the people which we were able to see did not resemble any of the students currently enrolled at SKIMS; these are main points that have been made in the report,” the officials said.
It is also to be noted here that the police have already filed two separate FIRs into the matter at Police Station Soura and Karan Nagar. With regard to the video that allegedly surfaced from SKIMS, police have registered an FIR under Section 13 UAPA, 105 A, and 505 IPC, however, the police station Karan Nagar is already investigating the matter of the video that has allegedly surfaced from GMC Srinagar.