Bihar seeks protection for its students in Tamil Nadu

Patna: In the wake of the alleged killing of two students from Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today talked to his Tamil Nadu counterpart M Karunanidhi seeking protection for those studying in various deemed universities there.

Kumar talked to his counterpart in Chennai and to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and sought protection for students from Bihar and said that 'anti-Bihari' sentiments should be nipped in the bud.

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The move came after the parents of Ashish Ranjan, a student of Annamalai Engineering College in Tamil Nadu, complained to the authority here that he was missing from the college premises for the past few days.

Security for students from Bihar studying in Chennai should be beefed up, Kumar said and directed the Home Secretary Aamir Subhani and Director General of Police, Neelmani to contact their counterparts in Chennai and inform him about the latest situation.

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The two officials, after getting in touch with their counterparts, informed the CM that three bodies were recovered from a canal out of which two were identified as those of Ashish Ranjan and Sarfaraj from Bihar while the third body was that of a student from Jharkhand.

Expressing sorrow over the 'killing' of the two Bihari students in Chennai, Kumar announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 1.5 lakh to the bereaved families.