Mangalore: Tension Prevails at Coaching Centre, Students Assault Staff

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (BG)

Mangalore, Jun 21: Tension prevailed at Bright Tutorials, located in Karavali College of Fashion Technology campus here on Thursday June 21, when a group of students allegedly assaulted a staff and a bus driver.

Bright Tutorials is set up inside the Karavali College campus, having taken a portion of the campus land on rent. It provides coaching to students for competitive exams like CET and KAS. Students are required to pay Rs 7,000 a month, including tuitions, accomodation and food.

It is said that the food is bad and even the hostel is not upto the mark. The food as well as the hostel is unhygienic, say students who hail from far-off places like Bellary, Davangere, Dharwad, Hubli and others.

However, the chaos erupted not over facilities or hygiene, but over the declaration of holidays in the wake BJP 'jail bharo' protest to be held on Friday June 22.

The management reportedly announced a break in the classes saying that due to the protest, there might be problems in the city and it would be better to go back home to their villages, and return next week. Already, 22 out of the 30 days of coaching were over.

Angered at this decision, the students began protesting against the management. The issue snowballed into a full-fledged physical clash, resulting in the students allegedly assaulting a member of the faculty and the bus driver.

Mangalore rural police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control. No case was registered as the two parties reached a compromise.