Students of private college confined for demanding Dasara vacation

The Sampigehalli police have registered a case against the management of a private college for allegedly assaulting, forcibly confining and threatening a 17-year-old I PU student, in connection with a protest at the college in Kogilu, Yelahanka, demanding Dasara vacation.

The complaint alleged that at least 15 other students, all studying at the Presidency PU College, Yelahanka, were subjected to the harassment.

In the complaint lodged by the boy’s father, the alleged incidents reportedly took place between October 13 and 15.

On October 15, the student’s father said he received an email from the college stating that his son would be issued a transfer certificate (TC). The father then questioned his son who narrated the alleged sequence of events.