Mizoram demands ex-gratia for murdered student

Aizawl, May 4 : Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana today urged the Union Home Ministry to give an ex-gratia to the next of kin of Johny F Lalhmangaihzuala, a Lovely Professional University student, who was kicked to death by a group of Sudanese and Tanzania students of the same University in Jalandhar, Punjab.

Expressing grief over such a shocking incident in a varsity, Minister wrote a letter to Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, urging him to initiate a probe into the murder and give appropriate punishment to the culprits, and also to ensure that such incident never happens again in any University across the country.

Mr Lalzirliana also requested Mr Chidambaram to talk to the varsity authorities and Sudan Embassy to take preventive measures against repetition of such incident.