CHENNAI: The principal of Pachaiyappa’s College was assaulted by students while checking their identity cards on Friday. Students threw a tender coconut at him and went on to wreck his car as well.
“Every day the professor of our college stands at the entrance and checks the students’ ID cards,” said Head of the Zoology Department D N Shettu. “Around noon the students came to college, while principal S Kaliraj (53) was checking the students’ ID cards. Suddenly a group of students opposed being checked.” There are 10 policemen who have already been already deployed in the college.
When the students began throwing stones, some of them targeted police personnel too. The students threw a tender coconut on the principal’s head. He was injured and his ear started bleeding and so he was rushed to a hospital nearby.
There after, stone pelting continued inside the college and the windshield of the principal’s car was broken. Consequently, security was beefed up on the college campus. Based on the principal’s complaint, the Kilpauk Police secured 16 students for enquiry. In addition to this, students of Pachaiyappa’s also celebrated their first day of college. Three groups of students walked from three different roads blocking the roads via Tailors Road and Poonamallee Road. They walked about 300 m from the college with flowers in their hands.
“Every year students complete their vacation and offer prayers in front of the statutes of Anna and Pachaiyappa Mudaliyar located on the college campus,” said chemistry lab assistant Vadivelu who has been working at the college for more than 20 years.
Meanwhile, at Kandasamy Naidu College students celebrated their first day on Friday morning by breaking the college windows. Based on the principal’s complaint, third-year BA student M Dilip (19) and M Ramesh (21) who has completed his course, were arrested.