New Delhi, July 12 -- The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) expresses profound grief and deep concern over the alleged brutal murder of Indian student Savariya Basant, who was pursuing her studies at Bukhara State Medical Institute, Uzbekistan, and demands that the entire matter be investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). According to the facts available in the public domain, the student was allegedly subjected to sustained pressure for religious conversion and, after her continued resistance, was brutally murdered.

According to a press release, this incident cannot be viewed merely as an ordinary criminal offence. Prima facie, it also raises serious concerns regarding an organised conspiracy operating under the g...