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Students
thrash 4 college teachers
By: Syed Jafar Askari | Published: May 27, 2009
KARACHI - The activists of a student union on Tuesday thrashed four
teachers of DJ Sindh Government Science College.
Manhandling of the teachers has caused not only the suspension of
HSC examinations, which was scheduled to be held in the second shift
at the DJ College, but also annoyed the teachers’ community.
The police have lodged an FIR against the members of a students’
outfit, while the teachers were given first aid at the Civil
Hospital Karachi. Police had arrested two activists including Waqas,
while others managed to escape from the scene.
Principal DJ Science College Hakimullah Baig Chughtai told The
Nation that the college’s four teachers including Shehzad Muslim
(Physics), Mehmood (Computer Science), Irfan (Urdu), Dr Mujeeb Ahmed
(Mathematics), had been maltreated at the hands of the members of a
student union in the college premises. However, he said, the
condition of Shehzad Muslim (Physics), Mehmood (Computer Science)
are serious.
“These teachers, who were busy in an official meeting, wanted to
rescue a student who was being thrashed by the same people. Their
rescue efforts provided a chance to the activists to manhandle them,
as the members of the outfit were already furious over the
restrictions imposed by the college administration over the
political activities in the college premises. Some miscreants were
gathered at the college from SM Arts College, which has become the
safe haven for the said outfit,” he added.
On the other hand, the college unit of Sindh Professors and
Lecturers Association (SPLA) has boycotted the HSC exam in the
college and took strict notice of the teachers’ mishandling.
General Secretary SPLA Karachi Prof Iftikhar Azmi has condemned the
incident and demanded the authority concerned to arrest all the
culprits who were involved in the incident. Educational institutions
should be cleared from all type of political and criminal
activities, while the student unions were the only solution to knock
down student political wings, he added.
Two students held
Aram Bagh Police Tuesday arrested two activists of Islami
Jamiat-e-Taliba (IJT) and registered a case against them for beating
the DJ Science College teachers up.
Police officials said that students of DJ science collage Contacted
the police help line 15 and police immediate rushed to the scene and
controlled the situation. He said the students arrested were later
identified Waqas and Mazhar.
The Nation : May 27, 2009 |
