Dress code controversy in St. Agnes College
It’s not fair to oppose norms now: Principal
Mangaluru, June 29: St. Agnes College principal Dr M Jeswina said that the students and parents who accepted the norms of the college including the dress code during admission, were opposing them in collusion with the PFI organization which is unfair.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, she said that there was a dress code in the college for many years and it was not decided this year. Every year, the college management would publish the handbook detailing all the norms including dress code to inform the students and the parents. During the admission time, every parent and student would take admission accepting those norms. But now, some girl students were protesting in collusion with the PFI organization, she said.
As per the norms, all students should follow the college dress code and there was no provision to wear other dress. No girl students should wear scarf and cover their face. The students should not wear any other dress other than uniforms. It was clearly mentioned in the handbook and it the duty of the students to follow it, she said.
The institution would respect every student who opted this institution for the education. The institution would like to have a cordial relationship with the staff, students, parents, alumni and the society. At no point of time, the college staff misbehaved with the girl students and no girl student is suspended from the college after this incident. The students who staged protest in front of the college gate on June 25 and Third B Com student Fathima Anis who spoke before the media, were attending the classes in uniforms. The college has asked the students, who protested, to give written clarification before their parents within three days. Being the principal, neither she nor other teachers had taken signatures on the blank paper from the students, she clarified.
As per the norms, the students should not wear scarf inside the classroom. But they were free to wear scarf or burka on the college campus. But in some social media, it was being wrongly interpreted. There was no truth in it. As informed by someone, the college does not have 80 per cent Muslim girls. Instead, there were 28 per cent Muslim students in the college and around 100 students were given Rs 2 lakh concession, she said.
Any student could get admission into the college by accepting the college norms. Those who are ready to accept the norms laid down by the college could join any other college and they do not have any objection. In the last protest, some girls from the outside also participated along with the college students. So, she would discuss with the college management on giving complaint against the PFI which tried to tarnish the image of the college, she said.
College secretary Dr Maria Roopa, vice principal Dr Vanessa, registrar Charles Stany Pais, discipline committee convener Dr Devi Prabha Alva, and others were present.
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Aftab Poonawala faces threat from Lawrence Bishnoi gang; Tihar jail on high alert
Mumbai: Maharashtra police investigating the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique have uncovered new details linking Shubham Lonkar, the mastermind and a wanted suspect in the case, to allegedly planning a murder plot targeting Aftab Poonawala in Delhi. Lonkar is allegedly associated with jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.
Poonawala, who was arrested by Delhi police on November 12, 2022, is facing charges for the murder of his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar. He is accused of killing Shraddha, dismembering her body and stashing the remains in a refrigerator. Poonawala has been lodged in Tihar central jail since the arrest.
In a related development, Delhi police increased security measures for Poonawala on Friday after receiving information about a death threat against him. According to police, the threat is believed to be linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
A senior police officer mentioned that they received an update from different security agencies that the shooters behind Baba Siddique’s murder also wanted to target Poonawala in jail. “We are not sure of the authenticity of the threat, but it is being said that the shooters were conspiring with jailed gangsters to attack Poonawala. Since he is in Tihar jail, we have sent updates to jail officials,” the officer was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
An officer from Tihar stated that security has been beefed up and two night guards have been asked to check on him.
