Students hailing from different foreign countries were assaulted allegedly by a group of persons in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/parsis-demand-better-safety-on-mumbai-ahmedabad-highway-23339945" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Gujarat University hostel</a> in Ahmedabad for offering namaz in the facility&rsquo;s building, police said on Sunday.
Two students - one from Sri Lanka and another from Tajikistan - were hospitalised after the incident which took place on Saturday night, they said.
An FIR was registered against 20-25 people and nine teams of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/boat-with-six-pakistani-crew-members-carrying-drugs-caught-off-gujarat-coast-23339584" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">security personnel</a> were formed to conduct a probe into the incident, Police Commissioner GS Malik said.
The incident was reported at around 10.50 pm on Saturday when nearly two dozen people barged into the (government-run) Gujarat University&rsquo;s hostel and raised an objection to students from Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and other countries offering namaz in the facility where they stayed, Malik said. There are around 300 international students enrolled at the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/portion-of-under-construction-medical-college-building-collapses-in-gujarats-morbi-4-injured-23339031" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Gujarat University</a>, including from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka and countries in Africa, he said.
Nearly 75 of the international students stay in the A-block hostel of the university where the incident occurred, the official said.
300 No. of international students at the varsity
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Two students - one from Sri Lanka and another from Tajikistan - were hospitalised after the incident which took place on Saturday night, they said

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