Students bashed up for wearing jeans to college?

By: Yacoob Mohammed
Date: 2011-06-24
Place: Bangalore

File police complaint alleging that they were assaulted by goons at the behest of the college secretary for violating dress code.
The 60-year-old community college at Jayanagar was in the news for all the wrong reasons with students alleging that they were beaten up for not following the dress code imposed by the college secretary. Four students (names withheld) said that they had gone to college at 10 am yesterday and were stopped by the college secretary from entering class because they were wearing T-Shirts and demin pants.

At your own risk? According to the dress code of the college, students
are expected to wear only formals. Representation pic
According to the dress code of the college, they were expected to wear formals. However, the students agree that they were in clear violation of the dress code, but claim that they were assaulted by three strong arm cronies who were standing with the secretary.
Painful lesson?
The three thugs pounced on the students when they defied the secretary's order and tried to enter the college. One of them said, "We had come to college and secretary Chikkana told us not to enter for not following the dress code. He even used abusive language and ordered his men to thrash us with a cane. We were bruised in the attack and managed to escaped in an auto." The students also claimed that the secretary vanished from the scene immediately after the incident. "We later went to the Siddapura police station and filed a complaint against the secretary and his men," said the student.
Management reacts
The student's federation staged a protest and demanded an immediate response from the college authority. Fearing unrest, the police were called in and promised that action would be necessitated. Meanwhile, college committee member G R Murli pitched in and assured the students of an enquiry, following which action will be taken. "We don't know who the persons who attacked the students were, and the secretary is a 70-year-old man and he might not be involved. Anyway, we will have a meeting tomorrow and investigate," he said.
A Shivanna, ASI attached to the Siddapura police station, said, "The students had come to the station and filed the complaint against college secretary Chikkanna. This is the first time we have heard of anything like this about the institution. We handled the situation carefully, and our officers will take action shortly."