Of late, the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) at Mundali in Cuttack district has been rocked by antisocial activities allegedly due to an indifferent attitude of the school authorities and lax security in the campus.
Recently, unidentified miscreants were successful in torching two motorcycles of Physics teacher Pradip Kumar Panda which were parked in front of his official quarter in the campus. After Panda lodged an FIR, the local Godisahi police have begun investigations.
Preliminary probe by police revealed that the school management isn’t in good terms with some of the students and staffs. It is suspected that the arson might be fallout of that.
IO of the case, Sub-Inspector SK Mohapatra said that that since it is examination time, he can't question any student as they may be mentally disturbed and for doing the same he needs the permission of the Principal for which investigation is being delayed.
Some of the staffs have been quizzed but the police are yet to get any vital leads.
On the other hand, Navodaya Vidyalaya Employees Welfare Association (NVEWA) national general secretary SS Nair has condemned the incident and has requested the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti to deploy armed guards in the campus out of outsourcing expenditure.