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Two `agents' of city college arrested in Itanagar

ITANAGAR, JUNE 23. Two persons, including the admission in-charge of a college in Bangalore, S. Chakraborty, were arrested here today on the charge of alluring students from the Northeast by providing wrong information on infrastructure and facilities in the prospectus.

Based on complaints from aggrieved parents, who had returned from the college with their wards after having been "cheated and humiliated," the "agents" were arrested from a local hotel when they were allegedly accepting hefty admission fees from two prospective students. The police seized over Rs. 7,000 from them, according to the Superintendent of Police, Robin Hibu. Although Chakraborty, who is based in Kolkata, had an identity card with her designation as "admission in-charge" embossed on it, she said she worked only as a commission agent for three months a year.

She defended the college and said the information given in the prospectus was correct, contrary to the claim of a complainant, the guardian of a student, Chello Sanjoy.

Sanjoy, who had been to the institute last year for admitting his ward, Pisa Pinku, by paying a fee of Rs. 45,000, including hostel charges, alleged that the college had only four rooms, including an office and a laboratory, and that a hostel was being run in a rented house.

His relative, Chelo Kama, who returned from Bangalore with Pinku, corroborated his claim. He said that he was forced to withdraw Pinku from the college for its low standards. He alleged that he had to submit a draft for Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 15,000 in cash in two instalments, but the director demanded more money, refused to issue the transfer certificate and "humiliated him."

Chera Aja and Bengia Sinia, both from Koloriang, were reportedly to be admitted for a one-year BBM course for a fee of Rs. 73,000 when today's arrests were made.

The parents claimed that 22 students of the college had complained to Bangalore Police Commissioner in February last that the college management was not providing facilities mentioned in the prospectus. UNI

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