Student clash: Himachal issues notice to varsity
By IANSWednesday, October 20, 2010
SHIMLA - The Himachal Pradesh government Wednesday decided to serve a show-cause notice to Eternal University, a private varsity in Sirmaur district, over clashes among students in the hostel last week, an official said here.
The notice will be issued to the university authorities asking why the recognition (given by the state) was not cancelled, Director (Education) O.P. Sharma told IANS.
He said the government has taken a serious view over the clash in which more than 15 students were seriously injured in the universitys Akal College of Engineering and Technology.
The university is located at Baru Sahib, some 120 km from here.
Opposition Congress termed the incident a communal clash and asked the government to withdraw recognition of deemed university status granted to it.
State Congress chief Kaul Singh Thakur said: It was not ragging but a murderous attack on students of engineering college.
The university is being run by the Kalgidhar Society that is also running a prestigious residential school, Akal Academy.
The school was in news last year when a Class 10 student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the school toilet.
