NCC cadets of AMU shout Islamic supremacist slogans of 'Allah hu Akbar' on Republic day

Aligarh, Jan 27: A video went viral on social media showing students dressed in National Cadet Corps (NCC) uniform chanting religious slogans during a Republic Day event outside the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The video has prompted the Aligarh police to order the university administration to take serious action against the students who raised slogans.

 

 

 

In the purported video, some students wearing the NCC uniform and carrying its flag are seen chanting "Allah hu Akbar" near a flagpole with the Tricolour. The video was allegedly shot outside the AMU campus during a Republic Day event on Thursday.

 

 

 

Following the incident, the Aligarh Superintendent of Police ordered the university administration to take serious action against the students who initiated the sloganeering. Speaking to India Today, AMU's proctor Wasim Ali claimed a boy was chanting the slogan, whose video went viral on social media, and that people have expressed objections to it.

 

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According to the proctor, the student started chanting the slogan at the gate of the university. An inquiry has been ordered into the incident. He said that necessary action will be taken against the student after he is identified. “All national festivals are celebrated with great pomp in the university,” Wasim Ali said.