There has been no report of attacks by local people in Kyrgyz Republic against Indian students over the past three days, official sources informed The Hindu on May 19. The clarification came a day after videos were circulated online that depicted purported attacks by local people in capital Bishkek against Pakistani students.
“There are no reports of any Indian being affected in the incidents that were circulated by unverified videos on Saturday. The Kyrgyz authorities have clarified and spoken strongly against circulation of these videos. There are 17,000 Indian students and businessmen in Kyrgyz Republic and they are located in various parts of the country,” said an official source, indicating that the situation has returned to normalcy in Bishkek.
Authorities in Bishkek had clarified that the videos were disseminated “deliberately” by “destructive forces” and that “all necessary measures have been taken to ensure security, maintain peace and stability”.
