Students of a college in Marathahalli, who faced a harrowing time after being evicted from the houses that served as hostels, filed a complaint at the HAL police station on Wednesday. The students had earlier filed a complaint with the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC).
The international students had enrolled in the college after being assured that it was affiliated to Bangalore University (BU). The college in question, formerly Loyola Business School, changed its name to Bangalore International College and also relocated from Sanjaynagar to Marathahalli. BU is yet to inspect the new campus before re-affiliating it. BU Vice-chancellor B. Thimme Gowda had clarified that the process is under way.
The students claimed that after being promised hostel facilities, for which they paid Rs. 25,000 each, they were given accommodation in rented houses with nearly 10 students in each house. Due to non-payment of rent, they were allegedly evicted from the houses, forcing them to spend three weeks in a church nearby. “Even now, they are admitting foreign students for the 2016-17 batch, claiming to be affiliated to BU,” alleged a student, who has just completed the first semester. The HAL police said a case of cheating had been registered. “We are going to issue a notice after verifying the complaint,” a police officer said.
College refutes allegations
The college has denied all the allegations by the students. The management claimed that a handful of students were revolting for reporting them for non-payment of fees and not attending classes regularly. Re-iterating that the college is in the process of getting affiliation from BU, M.D. Asad Mallick, Director of Loyola Business School, said that the students had already written exams under BU.
Students claim they spent three weeks in a church after being evicted
from ‘hostel’
