It was stupid to caption this 'Forest aboriginals flouting their clout'; forest aboriginals are extremely balanced and rational human beings, and do not attack others without warning them. They do get violent on their totems being disturbed, or their taboos being violated, using both terms in the anthropological sense, but there, too, there is sufficient notice.
These are that extremely dangerous sub-species, the lumpenproletariat, acting under the influence of the opiate of the masses. They go out of their way to find vulnerable targets; the females of the parent species and younger ones are favourite targets, but a lone, isolated and vulnerable male will also do, provided that they themselves are in mob strength.
They are to be found in pockets, in Jammu, in Haryana (not in the Punjab), in Rajasthan (a lot), in Maharashtra and in the UP. They have been spotted and hunted down in other locations.
This came to me this morning, courtesy a KM friend, and I have already messaged him my utter disgust and rejection of the creeps who did this.
If I had my way, I would insist that Kashmiris only come to Hyderabad, in Telangana, to AP, to Tamil Nadu, to Karnataka (except Mangalore and pockets in the north) and anywhere in Kerala to study. Also West Bengal. It is possible that soon, I may be in a position where my counselling in these matters might decide a student in favour of one direction or the other, and it is clear how I will offer counselling.