Police lathicharge SFI activists

The police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the SFI activists when the latter made a vain bid to enter the Collectorate demanding immediate redressal of the problems confronted by the students of the government hostels, schools and colleges in the district here on Tuesday. Tension prevailed in front of the Collectorate in the afternoon as the police chased away the protesters during a demonstration organised by the SFI demanding prompt action for the resolution of the problems in the social welfare hostels and other government educational institutions identified during a cycle yatra held under the aegis of the committee. Two student activists fainted in the melee.

 

SFI State general secretary K Chandramohan, district president Santhu Naik, general secretary K Narsimha Rao and others participated in the stir.

Later, the officials concerned of the social welfare, tribal welfare and backward classes welfare departments met the protesters outside the Collectorate and assured to resolve the problems already identified by the SFI district committee which fall under their purview. The four SFI activists, who earlier launched an indefinite hunger strike to press a charter of demands, called off their stir following the assurance.

A delegation of the SFI district committee earlier met the Collector N Nageshwar Rao and submitted a memorandum seeking the provision of protected drinking water, basic amenities, medical services and other requisite facilities to the students of the social welfare hostels and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas.

(Courtesy : The Hindu)