The students of the SCB hospital’s nursing school here on Friday vacated their hostels after the State government closed the school sine die late on Thursday evening.
The sine die was declared after the government failed to resolve the nursing school crisis. Demanding removal of their Principal Kajal Rani Sinha for her alleged misbehaviour and assault, the students were boycotting hospital duties.
While vacating their hostels, the students, nevertheless, threatened that they would continue their protests against the Principal outside the campus. “Respecting the government order, we are vacating the hostels now, but our protests against the Principal shall continue until she is removed,” the students said in unison terming the decision to close the school “unfortunate”.
The government decision also came in for severe criticism from the parents of the students, who felt that it was taken in a hurry. “The government should have resolved the matter by engaging the striking students and the Principal through discussions. Closing the school for an indefinite period was not the solution. It could even precipitate the situation further,” said a relative of one of the students.
Meanwhile, the local police — who have registered a case against the Principal of the nursing school on the basis of a written complaint filed by a victim student — on the day recorded the statements of the complainant under section 161 of CrPC. The police have booked the Principal under several sections of IPC and the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
