Friday, December 19, 2008

Sources said the PAP bomb disposal squad was in Budhlada where SAD president Sukhbir Badal had to attend a political programme.

Vadodara: After a group of students and professors at the Parul Institute in Waghodia apparently stripped a first year engineering student of his T-shirt, and tagged him as a thief — for allegedly stealing a mobile — students and college officials have decided to remain mum over the issue.
Authorities said that steps against the offenders have already been initiated, while the professors decided not to speak against the management. Elsewhere, the students remained tight-lipped.
The situation at the institute, however, appeared to be tense, with authorities and the students giving contradictory statements. Students said the incident occurred on Wednesday, while trustee Devanshu Patel said it occurred nearly three days ago.
Patel said: “Three students involved in this incident were not allowed for internal tests which started on Wednesday.”
When asked about the details of the students, he said, “The offenders are not available at the moment. Ram Kishore (name changed), the victim, belongs to Valsad and we have called his parents. He was a habitual offender and was caught red-handed.”
Some of the students outside the campus, said: “Controversies are part of the institute and the dominance of authorities is quite evident. They are acting as if nothing has happened. The incident occurred on Wednesday between 2:00 pm to 4:00 at the hostel, after the student was caught. He was taken to a professor who further directed them to take action.”
Patel, however, added that : “Professors were not involved in this. The institute was informed about the issue by the rector, Ashok Patel, in the evening.”
The police are yet to take action on the issue.
Jayesh Patel, Chairman of the Parul Institute, who is in Delhi, was unavailable for comment. “I cannot comment on this issue, please meet me on Friday,” he said.

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