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Tension on Ravenshaw campus

CUTTACK: After five days of lull, the campus of Ravenshaw University once again witnessed tension on Monday when the rival student groups, who were engaged in a bloody scuffle last week, came face to face. This time however, the standoff between the rival students was over judicial enquiry into last Wednesday’s confrontation in which at least 30 students were injured.

While one group of students, mainly comprising the day scholars, demanded a judicial enquiry into last week’s row, the hostel boarders opposed the rival students’ demand.

Both the groups levelled fresh allegations and counter allegations against each other and came nearly repeating last week’s unsavoury incident. Tipped off by the University authorities, policemen however, arrived immediately at the spot and averted a major law and order situation.

Seeing the police, agitated students lowered their tempers but the campus was under the grip of eerie silence. Looking into the situation, police deployment was reinforced on the campus to prevent any flare up among students.

Meanwhile, the university authorities have formed a nine-member disciplinary committee comprising teachers of the varsity to probe into the Wednesday’s row. “The committee would also look into the allegations and counter allegations levelled and recommend appropriate action against the guilty,” said university registrar Satyakam Mishra. Senior police officers attribute the present intolerance among students to the forthcoming students’ union election which is likely to be held in October. To ensure an academic ambience in the campus, free from political rivalry, the authorities are planning to get rid of the process of direct elections to form the Students’ Council. “The University Executive Council has already made suggestion to this effect. We are now trying to find out an alternative process by which the Students’ Council could be formed bereft of direct election,” Mr. Mishra informed.

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