BENGALURU: Following the eviction of several faculty members at Alliance University on Friday, students are concerned that their education might be affected due to the incidents concerning the institute. In October 2016, due to the ownership dispute between the brothers Sudhir and Madhukar Angur, the college was shut for a month. And students are worried the family feud might adversely impact their education yet again.
Several faculty members and staffers were evicted in presence of police personnel on Friday. Allegations of staff members being beaten up, intimidated and evicted without their luggage as well as misbehaviour with female students have also surfaced. A final-year student of the varsity said, “I’m going to graduate in six months, and I hope nothing else happens til then. The change in faculty in October was not good as we had got accustomed to the previous faculty members.”
Another second-year student said, “We want all these disputes to stop as it affects the institute’s reputation. Several students are under the impression that another change of management occurred on Friday. Students have been told that regular classes will resume from Monday. Staff beaten, wardens forced out without luggage Students said during the eviction, the person in charge of laundry was thrashed. Shaila Chebbi, director of the institute, confirmed this but attributed it to a misunderstanding. About seven wardens of various hostels were evicted and at least one of them, an elderly person, was allegedly not allowed to collect his luggage.
Indra V (62), who was the warden of a boys’ hostel, said he has been working at the institute for three years and has served under both managements. He said he was not given any prior notice to move out of the premises. “They suddenly took my room keys. When I protested, they told me to shut up. I could only collect a pair of clothes in a bag.”
He said his belongings left at the hostel include his ATM card, gold jewellery and his personal documents. A staff member said six other wardens were not allowed to take their luggage. Shaila Chebbi denied all the allegations and said the eviction was carried out peacefully. Responding to allegations that rowdies were employed to evict people, she said, “If we wanted to get rowdies we would have done it a long time ago.”