Bardhaman Dot Com News Bureau
Durgapur, 13 Aug 04 :
The students of a private engineering college today ransacked the college premises in demand of better faculty, study materials & placement services. The students demolished the laboratories, computers, classrooms, cash & administrative sections of Bengal Engineering College. The conflict between the students & the college administrators started about a week back. The angry students also demonstrated before the principal's office & even blocked the principal at his office night-long. Police had to intervene & officials had to be posted at the college premises. The sub-divisional officer of Durgapur, Osman Gani called for a high-level meeting at his chamber today to find out a solution of the conflict. Although the administrative heads & the college authorities were present for the meeting, the students restrained from appearing for the same. Their representatives demanded that the meeting should be conducted at the college premises infront of all students. 

While the meeting was on process, the students started the ransacking the premises for over one hour before the police took control of the situation. Twenty eight students has been arrested from the college. The S.D.O., Durgapur informed, "we wanted the conflict to be solved & called for a meeting for working out a solution." The chairman of the college, S. K. Sharma said, "what the students did today is not expected in an academic institution. The students may have any demand or agitation but violence is not a way to solve it." He also demanded that, the loss will accumulate well over Rs. 33 lakhs.

The district police super, Niraj Kumar Singh informed bardhaman.com, "a team of our personnel & officers have taken control of the situation. The boys' hostel of the college has been vacated while lady officers have been deputed at the girls' hostel. The girls' hospital will be vacated tomorrow morning." He however confirmed that 22 students have been identified & arrested for the incidence.