Patna, (Bihar Times): The seven-member inquiry committee set up under the chairmanship of Dr Geeta Singh after attempted molestation of Nalanda Medical College Hospital girls by the boy students on New Year’s eve has strongly opposed the free-mixing of boys and girls in the college. Besides, it has suggested several measures to prevent incidents like this to happen again in the future. It also criticized lack of security for the girls’s hostel of the college.

Not only that; the panel, which submittd its report to the principal, Dr C B Chaudhary on Monday, suggested different timings for the boys and girls for the canteen and said that it should not remain open till late hours. It also recommended fixed visiting hours for the girls’ hostel and sought strict police patrolling on the campus. It also called upon the authorities to seek the help of private security agency to tone up the overall arrangement of the college.

The committee also explored the possibility of having separate buses to ferry boys and girls of the college. It also said that there should be separate bus services for senior and junior medicos as well.

The panel’s report notwithstanding no student has so far been arrested though eight days have passed. This showed the lackadaisical approach of the district administration as well as the college authorities.

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