All the 23 girl students of the Pilvai PTC College — who had run away from the hostel last week — and their parents demanded that the state government should transfer them to other PTC colleges.
The girls accompanied by their fathers came to the KB Dave PTC College, Pilvai, in Mehsana district today for the first time since they had left the hostel on July 5.
The girls had alleged that they were being subjected to physical and mental harassment by one of the trustees of the institute.
They came in a mini-van amid heavy police presence in the college. The girls then took the police around the campus and showed the room of managing trustee Kamlesh Dave, where the alleged harassment took place. Interestingly, no trustee was present in the college.
Mithabhai Patel, father of one of the girls, said: “We have explained to the police everything. The girls have described their plight in detail. We want the government to transfer all the 23 girls to other PTC colleges.”
The college management on its part said that all is well and after the latest government notification, it is no longer necessary for the students to stay in the hostel if they don't want to.
According to reports, the management has even offered all the 23 girls to vacate the hostel if they wish to.
As part of a damage control exercise, the college has issued a statement from the principal in the form of an advertisement in local dailies. The statement by Veena Patel, the principal of the college, says there are 20 girls still staying in the hostel and that they have not complained even once about any harassment.
It further says that there are enough female faculty members in the college to take care of the girl students.
Meanwhile, Kamlesh Dave, the trustee against whom the girls have made the complaint, is learnt to have applied for an anticipatory bail in a Vijapur court.
Inspector C R Parmar of the Vijapur police station said: “We will have to arrest him tomorrow if the bail plea is rejected. The investigation is on and today we got all the details from the girls.”
The girls along with their parents, however, are planning to hold a demonstration in front of the Secretariat in Gandhinagar, if the government fails to take any action till Sunday.
Courtesy : www.expressindia.com
The girls accompanied by their fathers came to the KB Dave PTC College, Pilvai, in Mehsana district today for the first time since they had left the hostel on July 5.
The girls had alleged that they were being subjected to physical and mental harassment by one of the trustees of the institute.
They came in a mini-van amid heavy police presence in the college. The girls then took the police around the campus and showed the room of managing trustee Kamlesh Dave, where the alleged harassment took place. Interestingly, no trustee was present in the college.
Mithabhai Patel, father of one of the girls, said: “We have explained to the police everything. The girls have described their plight in detail. We want the government to transfer all the 23 girls to other PTC colleges.”
The college management on its part said that all is well and after the latest government notification, it is no longer necessary for the students to stay in the hostel if they don't want to.
According to reports, the management has even offered all the 23 girls to vacate the hostel if they wish to.
As part of a damage control exercise, the college has issued a statement from the principal in the form of an advertisement in local dailies. The statement by Veena Patel, the principal of the college, says there are 20 girls still staying in the hostel and that they have not complained even once about any harassment.
It further says that there are enough female faculty members in the college to take care of the girl students.
Meanwhile, Kamlesh Dave, the trustee against whom the girls have made the complaint, is learnt to have applied for an anticipatory bail in a Vijapur court.
Inspector C R Parmar of the Vijapur police station said: “We will have to arrest him tomorrow if the bail plea is rejected. The investigation is on and today we got all the details from the girls.”
The girls along with their parents, however, are planning to hold a demonstration in front of the Secretariat in Gandhinagar, if the government fails to take any action till Sunday.
Courtesy : www.expressindia.com