SRINAGAR: The strike in Government Dental College and Hospital entered day 8 today against the physical and mental harassment allegedly by the HOD.
Protesting students alleged that despite informing the Principal/Dean and submitting a written complaint against the said HOD no action was taken against him for two and a half months.
“The administration has been further harassing students by forcing them to join back the departments”, they said.
The students demand removal of Dr. Mohammad Mushtaq as the Head of the Department and formation of a student union on same pattern as in other professional colleges.
After health minster’s intervention an has been initiated by the DDC Srinagar.
Today DDC Srinagar Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah visited the aggrieved students and spoke to them and heard their grievances.
After meeting the students, he met the faculty of the college and visited the Department of Orthodontics as well.
