Amidst the ongoing strike of non-teaching staff of the colleges, the colleges in the city have taken police protection to ensure that students are able to enroll for the admission without any hassle.
The move came after the Graduate School College for Women witnessed an unruly incident on Wednesday Taking the lead, Jamshedpur Coperative College sought the help of Bistupur Police to ensure smooth admission process.
Sources went on to inform that while the admission forms were to be distributed for the intermediate students at about 9 am, the non-teaching staff on strike tried to protest against the move and stopped the teachers from doing the work. The non-teaching staff asked students to return while the latter were reluctant.
The college administration informed the Bistupur police station after which with the help of the police that the work resumed from noon.
Meanwhile the policemen also resorted to mild lathicharge after a few non-teaching staff tried to protest against the distribution of admission forms.
"We are facing the brunt of the strike. The staff need to understand that our future will be at risk if we are not allowed to take admission on time," said a student.
The principal of the college, RK Das said that they had no choice but to call the police to deal with the situation.
"We tried our best to make the staff understand but they were adamant. When they started creating ruckus, I had to take this step of informing the Bistupur police station. If need be I will take police's help till the matter is resolved," said Das.
Vishambhar yadav, zonal secretary, Jharkhand State University and College Employees' Federation, said that they will continue to protest unless their demands are met.