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Dalit
students forced to tonsure heads for fee delay
Thursday February 03, 2011 08:53:59 PM,
IANS
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Ghaziabad: Thirty Dalit
students of a privately-run institute in Ghaziabad, affiliated to
the Uttar Pradesh Technical University, were forced to tonsure
their heads as the state government delayed payment of their fees,
a student said Thursday.
The incident took place last month at the Institute of Management
Studies (IMS), where the victims launched a protest earlier
Thursday and were supported by their colleagues.
The students suffered the humiliation because the social welfare
department of the state government delayed to deposit their fees
with the institute, said Shivesh, a student.
"Four students - Vipin Kumar Rana, Aswani Kumar, Dinesh Kumar and
Manish Morya - have submitted their written complaints to the
police and sought to register a case," he said.
"The district magistrate and the senior police officials visited
the institute and assured us of initiating action against the
erring staff of the institute," he said.
He said when it was pointed out to the students that the state
government has delayed payment of their fees, they paid the money
from their own pocket, along with a late payment surcharge. Yet
the institute insisted on tonsuring the students.
"Although each student paid a late fee of Rs.1,500 for the fault
of the government, we were victimised before appearing in
examination," said one of the students.
The students said they were issued admit cards for the 7th
semester examinations in December 2010 only after their heads were
shaven off, he alleged.
"We kept mum in view of our examination that ended Jan 17. We also
did not speak out in view of our internal assessment (accounting
for 500 marks awarded by the institute) that ended Jan 21," said a
victim.
The institute closed for the vacation soon after the examination
and reopened Thursday, when the students launched their agitation.
Shivesh alleged institute director Prabal Chakraborty humiliated
not only the students but also their parents. He called their
parents and used abusive language.
When contacted, a senior director of the institute refused to
comment on the issue.
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