Dharna demanding solution to Wenlock para-medical students problem
Mangaluru, November 21: Students led by Students Federation of India (SFI) staged a dharna in front of the deputy commissioner’s office here on Wednesday, urging the authorities to begin the academic activities for the second year para-medical students of the Wenlock Hospital besides appointing permanent lecturers.
Addressing the students, SFI district president Charan Shetty said that the hospital authorities should immediately start the classes to the students and the deputy commissioner should intervene to appoint lecturers.
The hospital authorities should stop using the students like labourers and provide basic facilities at the college. Instead of using the doctors to teach, the authorities should appoint permanent lecturers, he demanded.
District secretary Madhuri Bolara said that in the name of coaching and practical, the students were being forced to work in the hospital and even they were being threatened of giving TC if they protested. So, the district administration should intervene and solve the problem and ensure justice to the students, she demanded.
CPM leader Sunil Kumar Bajal said that it was shame on part of the Dakshina Kannada district, which was identified itself as an education hub, for ill-treating the students of the para-medical college. Like contract labourers, the students were being used for hospital works. Classes were not being conducted. It was not fair to torture the students who have lot of dreams for their future, he said.
SFI leaders Mayuri, Vikas Kuttar and para-medical students participated in the protest.
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Minor boy strangled to death for ransom in UP's Sultanpur
Sultanpur (PTI): A debt-ridden neighbour allegedly kidnapped and murdered an 11-year-old boy boy at Sultanpur, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, Asif alias Sonu, demanded a ransom of Rs 5,00,000 for releasing Osama alias Sahil to repay his debts, Kotwali police station SHO Naradmuni Singh said.
"The incident took place in the Gandhinagar locality of Sultanpur. The victim's father, Mohd Shakeel, said his son went missing on Monday night after he left to attend a wedding procession. Despite searches, there was no trace of the child," the SHO said.
On Wednesday morning, Osama's body with strangulation marks was found at the residence of the accused whom the police arrested, he said.
Asif, who lives in the same neighbourhood as the victim, exploited the trust built between the two families to carry out the crime, the officer said.
The killing of the minor boy has triggered outrage in the area with the residents demanding stringent punishment for the accused.
The victim's family has called for death penalty for Asif.
