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| Students run amuck at JU | | Admn block ransacked after hostel skirmishes | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 6: Creating a rare scene at the Jammu University corridors, a group of students today went on rampage and ransacked the administrative block before Police could reach the spot to prevent situation.
Window panes of administrative blocks were smashed, flower pots broken and wall paintings were razed down in worst kind of violent protest ever seen at the Jammu University campus. A huge deployment of Police led by many serious officers later reached the spot to quell the protest.
The students were unhappy with the University authorities for not taking prompt action against students involved in incidents of ragging on Wednesday night.
Reports said that a group of students were ragged by senior students in one of the hostels in Jammu University campus where these students were thrashed, paraded naked and later humiliated.
Agitated students alleged that this was going on inside the hostel for past several days and the issue was brought in to the notice of the University authorities. "Yesterday evening also when the incident took place we immediately contacted our hostel warden but he refused to come and informed us to meet him in the morning", students peeved over the delayed response told media men outside the chamber of vice Chancellor amid loud sloganeering.
The victimized students alleged that though they had brought the matter in to the notice of the Jammu university authorities early in the morning yet they failed to take any action against the culprits . Angry over the poor response of the Jammu University authorities the students assembled outside the main gate of the administrative block and smashed window panes, flower pots, wall paintings. Later they staged protest demonstrations outside the office chamber of the vice chancellor and shouted slogans demanding action against the students responsible for the act.
University authorities made several attempts to pacify the agitating students but in vain. Groups of students also clashed with each other exchanging hot words outside Vice Chancellors office trading charges against each other. Dean Students welfare PS Pathania told media men that University authorities have identified students who were behind ragging incidents. "We have informed local police authorities and appropriate action will be taken against the students, he added. Superintendent of Police who arrived on the spot said that University authorities have been asked to submit a written complain against the students so that they can register an FIR for further action. |
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