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The stranded students from NIT, IIIT, JIMS and Manipur University of Agriculture were on the flights. (photo: News18)
The students, who were evacuated on the Air Indigo flight, said the tense situation was starting to affect them mentally and many of them suffered panic attacks.
Telangana repatriated 72 students and civilians caught up in the violence in Manipur on Monday. The students, who were evacuated on an Air Indigo flight late Monday, said the tense situation was starting to affect them mentally and many of them suffered panic attacks.
We could hear gunshots at night,” said Spoorthy, a mechanical engineering student at NIT Manipur located in Langol, which was also affected by the violence.
BRS MLC student thanked Kavitha who turned to action after hearing about the students’ plight. “All Telugu students, including Andhra Pradesh students, are brought back free of charge on IndiGo flight,” she said.
He told Sporty News18 that the situation started to get tense after May 3. However, the villages were burned and that’s when we started to worry,” she said, adding that a lot of security was provided on campus.
“There were Central Reserve Police Force troops on campus and we had all the basic necessities, but when the riots continued unabated we had to consider going home,” she said.
The stranded students have been brought back on a direct flight from Imphal to Hyderabad. Another 34 reached the city via Kolkata. Senior Secretary Shanti Kumari and DGP Anjani Kumar formed a special working group with a round-the-clock control room in the DGP office.
Students from NIT, IIIT, JIMS and Manipur University of Agriculture were on board the flights. Also among the passengers was a one-month-old baby and his parents, who hail from Bhinsa town in Nirmal district.
The flight carrying 72 students arrived at Shamsabad Airport from Imphal on Monday night. The remaining 130 students arrived in Hyderabad last night and earlier this morning. More students will be arriving in Hyderabad on various flights coming through Raipur, Patna and Bhubaneswar.
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