Hyderabad, February 02: Finally, the city police decided to crack a whip on the students indulge in gang wars creating law and order problem and panic in the city, most importantly in colleges.
The police officials are furious over the recent law and order breaking incident in which 15 students engaged in a gang war in Enikepadu damaging vehicles on the national highway and beating each other with lethal weapons.
The top brass of the police department on Tuesday dec-ided to file criminal cases against students and take legal action on the colleges for not giving information to the police on the unlawful activities of their students. The commissioner of police, Mr Amit Garg, on Tuesday convened a meeting with the representatives of colleges and issued strict warning to initiate measures immediately to check gang wars, eve-teasing, ragging and other unlawful activities in colleges.
The commissioner asked the college managements to install disciplinary committees immediately and monitor effectively to check group clashes. He said the committees are to be empowered to debar/suspend the students who break peace and create problems.
The commissioner asked the managements to conduct counselling to the parents of students on the wrong deeds of their children. He also asked the colleges to strictly enhance vigil in the college and prevent entry of outers particularly anti social elements and rowdies.
He warned the police department would take legal action against the colleges if the latter fails to give information to the police on the rowdyism, goondaism, group clashes, ragging and other unlawful activities in their colleges or by their students. The commissioner said girl students can lodge complaint to the police and their identity would be protected by the police.
Commissioner warned that the colleges would face problems if they fail to maintain peace and harmony. The deputy commissioner of police, Mr M. Ravindranath Babu and representatives of about 100 colleges attended the meeting.
–Agencies