Jaipuria students try to tamper with attendance register, authorities file police complaint

Kolkata: The authorities of Jaipuria College on Tuesday lodged a written complaint with the Shyampukur police station against some students who had allegedly forced into the room of the teacher-in-charge on Saturday created nuisance and tried to tamper with the attendance register. These students were short of attendance to sit for the semester examination.

The college authorities, along with the principal, held a meeting on Tuesday and scanned the CCTV footage to identify the students involved in creating disturbance in the college.

"There was some confusion in the room of the teacher-in-charge on Saturday. Though there was no loss of any document but the attendance register was found elsewhere," principal Ashok Mukherjee said. However, Mukherjee did not give any explanation as to what actually took place that led the college authorities to lodge a complaint.

According to sources in the college, some students had entered the room of the teacher-in-charge and one of the girl students put the attendance register in her bag. The footage has been captured. It may be mentioned that there were around 60 students who were short of attendance and their percentage of attendance was around 45 percent.

A senior professor in the college said that with the implementation of the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), the university has become extremely stringent about attendance and that there was no other alternative but to abide by the rules of the varsity.

It may be mentioned that Jaipuria College was in the news in July this year after police arrested a former student of the college for allegedly demanding money from students to ensure admission.