Locking up of students at PU college: Panel member directs cops to probe

Mysuru: Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights member ML Parashuram has directed the city police to initiate action against individuals for confining students of a pre-university college in Vijayanagar.
The member, in a release, said following a tip-off that few students of the college were confined within the college hostel block by locking main entrance on January 3, he visited the college and recorded the statement of the minor students on Thursday.Deputy director of the college Srinivasa Murthy too was present when the statement was being recorded.
City police have been directed to take necessary legal action in this matter, Parashuram said
The college has turned into a battleground with trustees fighting over the ownership of land and college block leading to a tense situation earlier this week. DDPU Srinivasa Murthy has asked college trustees to issue revised lease order of the trust and also directed them to conduct classes regularly. TNN