Paid exam fees to Mangalore University but no hall ticket: Students allege harassment
Mangaluru: Students and parents have alleged that despite paying the examination fees, a college administration and Mangalore University are refusing to issue hall tickets, citing non-receipt of the fees. They claim that students are being pressured to pay the fees again.
Following a police complaint, the college administration has acknowledged receiving the payment but is now allegedly demanding the withdrawal of the complaint in exchange for issuing the hall tickets.
Speaking at a press conference in the city on Monday, Ayesha Apna, a second-year B.Sc. student of Food Nutrition and Food Technology at PA College, Konaje, detailed her ordeal. She explained that on November 18, she paid ₹3,200 as examination fees through the Unified University and College Management System (UUCMS) portal. The payment was successfully processed. However, the college administration later claimed that the fees for a total of 26 students, including her, had not been received and demanded repayment.
Upon further investigation, it was found that the payment status on the portal was marked as "initiated." A complaint was filed on December 3 at the Konaje police station, with copies forwarded to the Higher Education Minister, local MLA U.T. Khader, and the Police Commissioner.
After the complaint, the college administration allegedly pressured the students to withdraw it. On December 7, the portal updated the payment status to "success." However, even as of now, with semester exams scheduled for December 12, the hall tickets have not been issued, she alleged.
Advocate Saheed Baddoor, speaking on behalf of the students, accused the college administration of operating a systematic scam to extract additional fees from students. He urged the concerned authorities and the government to investigate the matter and ensure justice for economically weaker students.
Student Reshna Mishria and her father Abdul Khader K.H. were also present at the press meet.
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21 hours raid fetch nothing for ED, claims Karnataka Cong MLA’s son
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris' son Mohammed Haris Nalapad on Tuesday claimed that the 21 hours of search by the ED in his house and other locations did not fetch anything.
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday raided the premises of the two sons of Haris (Mohammed Haris Nalapad and Omar Farook Nalapad), Aqeeb Khan, grandson of ex-Union cabinet minister K Rahman Khan and an alleged crypto hacker named Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki in a crypto currency-linked money laundering case.
More than a dozen premises in the city have been covered as part of the action executed under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
"My grandfather is 89-year-old. There is not a single bad mark. My father (N A Haris) is a four-time MLA. There is not a single accusation against him. Their only intention was to target myself and my brother. As simple as that," Mohammed Nalapad, who is a former Karnataka Youth Congress president, told reporters.
According to him, the ED officials carried out raids for 21 hours.
"After 21 hours of search, they took away only two mobile phones from our house. They did not get a single paisa. The ED will testify it," the Congress leader said.
Exuding faith in the law, he said he is ready to fight the case in court.
"Me and my father have opted for politics and we are in public life. You can call me whatever you want but I have not done anything wrong," Mohammed Nalapad said.
Regarding his relationship with Sriki, he said he knew him but had no clue what he was doing.
"I have never said that either me or my brother do not know Sriki. But how will I know what he does in his house? Can his crimes be linked to us," he asked.
The money laundering case stems from some Karnataka Police FIRs and chargesheets filed in a 2017 case of hacking of national and international websites, stealing of bitcoins and sale of these 'stolen' virtual digital assets (VDA) through crypto platforms by the alleged hacker Sriki and his associates.
The Nalapad brothers and Aqeeb Khan are alleged to be the beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime generated through this alleged crypto-linked crime, the ED said.
