Slur on RIMS Dir, shutdown
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 20, 2012::
PG students of RIMS, including interns and staff and numbering around 500 have abstained from casualty service and emergency with effect from 10 pm today, following an altercation with the Director of the institute.
Speaking to The Sangai Express, a group of students from RIMS said that security staff of RIMS accompanied by the Director descended on the girls' hostel today evening at about 7 and confiscated all the electrical appliances without any prior information.
This was in violation of the rules of RIMS which say that no males are allowed inside the girls' hostel, said the PG students and added that all the security personnel were males.
However RIMS Director said that it was a drive against use of electrical appliances, especially heaters and added that the warden was present, who is a woman.
The PG students revolted, he added.
As news of the incident spread, a group of PG students including the PG Association went to meet the Director at his official quarters but they were stopped by the security personnel manning the residence of the Director and manhandled.
The security personnel also verbally abused the PG students, claimed the students and added that they also pointed their guns at the students who merely wanted to talk things over with the Director over the incident.