Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 03 2010:
Protesting the conduct of the warden and the caretaker, girl students staying at Ureirei Hostel of Manipur University raised anti-warden slogans at the gate today.
Talking to mediapersons in this connection, the protesting hostellers alleged insensitiveness and high-handedness on the part of the warden and the caretaker.
They informed that yesterday the warden and the caretaker asked one student to pay a fine of Rs 50 on alleged charge of wasting food or else leave the hostel.
Similar penalty has also been imposed on two other students who took their meals and ate in their respective rooms.
After these incidents, they have decided to protest and came out of the hostel to gherao at the gate, the hostellers said.
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The hostellers further alleged that the warden and the caretaker have been harassing the students mentally and emotionally.
Apart from not listening to any complaints, they (warden and caretaker) chastise any-body who dare to complain.
The hostellers informed that they have lodged a complaint with the University authority to remove the warden and the caretaker.
On the other hand, the caretaker has asserted that every possible measures are being taken up for the well being of the hostellers.
But there are also hostellers who defy the rules and regulations of the hostel.