Colleges need to tighten screening during admission: police
With the investigations into the recently busted terror network in Karnataka leading to arrest of several students of top professional colleges, the state police has asked institutions to tighten their screening process for admissions.
By PTI |
BANGALORE: With the investigations into the recently busted terror network in Karnataka leading to arrest of several students of top professional colleges, the state police has asked managements of the institutions to tighten their screening process for admissions.
"In the changing scenario where police have stumbled upon terror networks using students of various professional colleges to disseminate their philosophy, to act as conduits in their scheme, colleges need to change their style of functioning," a top police official told.
The terror links in which students of the professional colleges were involved came to light following the recent arrest of Mohammad Asif, a final year student of the Karnataka Institute of Medical Science, Hubli. His arrest led to detention of several others with links to the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in Hubli region.
"Though colleges might not have expertise or it is not their primary duty to look into security aspects, in the changed circumstances they need to tighten the screening process and explore background of students," the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said.
"These precautionary measures might help in reducing, if not completely eliminating, the chances of dubious students getting admitted," he said.
Besides Asif, other terror suspects with professional college-background are Allabaksh Abubaker, who was doing his internship at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Asadullah Abubaker, a first year student at Ayurveda Maha Vidyalaya in Hubli and Yahya, an engineer from Regional Engineering College, Kozhikode.
"In the changing scenario where police have stumbled upon terror networks using students of various professional colleges to disseminate their philosophy, to act as conduits in their scheme, colleges need to change their style of functioning," a top police official told.
The terror links in which students of the professional colleges were involved came to light following the recent arrest of Mohammad Asif, a final year student of the Karnataka Institute of Medical Science, Hubli. His arrest led to detention of several others with links to the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in Hubli region.
"Though colleges might not have expertise or it is not their primary duty to look into security aspects, in the changed circumstances they need to tighten the screening process and explore background of students," the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said.
"These precautionary measures might help in reducing, if not completely eliminating, the chances of dubious students getting admitted," he said.
Besides Asif, other terror suspects with professional college-background are Allabaksh Abubaker, who was doing his internship at Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Asadullah Abubaker, a first year student at Ayurveda Maha Vidyalaya in Hubli and Yahya, an engineer from Regional Engineering College, Kozhikode.
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