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Forced to tonsure heads for fee delay, allege Dalit students
February 04, 2011
Ghaziabad: Thirty Dalit students of a privately-run institute in
Ghaziabad, affiliated to the Uttar Pradesh Technical University, were
forced to tonsure their heads as the state government delayed payment
of their fees, a student said on Thursday. The institute has denied
the allegations.
The incident took place last month at the engineering division of the
Institute of Management Studies (IMS), where the victims, students of
B.Tech, launched a protest earlier on Thursday and were supported by
their colleagues.
The students suffered the humiliation because the social welfare
department of the state government delayed depositing their fees with
the institute, said Shivesh, a student.
"Four students - Vipin Kumar Rana, Aswani Kumar, Dinesh Kumar and
Manish Morya - have submitted their written complaints to the police
and sought to register a case," he said.
"The district magistrate and senior police officials visited the
institute and assured us of initiating action against the erring staff
of the institute," he said.
He said when it was pointed out to the students that the state
government has delayed payment of their fees, they paid the money from
their own pocket, along with a late payment surcharge. Yet the
institute insisted on tonsuring the students.
"Although each student paid a late fee of Rs.1,500 for the fault of
the government, we were victimized before appearing in examination,"
said one of the students.
The students said they were issued admit cards for the 7th semester
examinations in December 2010 only after their heads were shaven off,
he alleged.
"We kept mum in view of our examination that ended on January 17. We
also did not speak out in view of our internal assessment (accounting
for 500 marks awarded by the institute) that ended on January 21,"
said a victim.
The institute closed for the vacation soon after the examination and
reopened on Thursday, when the students launched their agitation.
Shivesh alleged that institute director Prabal Chakraborty humiliated
not only the students but also their parents. He called their parents
and used abusive language.
When contacted, Chakraborty denied ill-treating the Dalit students or
forcing them to get their heads tonsured. "We do not have a barber in
the institute," he said.
He said the delay in issue of admit cards to the students was in
keeping with the rules. "We gave them receipts for the late fee which
was charged from them," he said. IANS
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