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GUWAHATI, Sept 13 – Leaders of the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) have told a delegation of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) yesterday that they would extend full cooperation in creating a fearless atmosphere for the students of Assam on North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) campus. The KSU leaders made the above statement at a bi-partite discussion held with the AASU delegation at the headquarters of their organization yesterday, said an AASU press release here this evening.

They also told the AASU delegation that the case of assault of three students of the University by a section of students on September 8 was not a case of communal or group clash. The KSU would set up a special cell on the campus of the University to prevent occurrence of such incidents in future, said the KSU leaders.

This cell will take proper steps to ensure safety of students from other NE states on the University campus, they said.

Leaders of both the student organisations also met the Vice-Chancellor of the University who assured of a fearless atmosphere for the Assam students on the University campus. He also informed the joint delegation of the KSU and AASU leaders that steps to inquire into the September 8 incident were taken. The report of the inquiry would be submitted within seven days and proper steps would be taken following the receipt of the report, he told the student bodies’ leaders.

The leaders of the student organisations also met the B-Tech students of the University.

The AASU delegation comprised AASU president Sankar Prasad Roy, general secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi and advisor Samujjal Bhattacharyya while KSU president Samuel Jyrwa and general secretary Doling Hamlet, along with their other colleagues took part in the bi-partite discussion.

The AASU leaders thanked the KSU leaders for their prompt action in diffusing tension on the NEHU campus.