Election campaign intensifies, student leaders flout traffic rules

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Despite strict police instructions, student leaders and their followers are violating various traffic rules and also indulging in hooliganism in the town in the name of campaigning for student union election. With the election date approaching nearer, student leaders and their supporters have intensified campaign in college campus, city and adjoining districts.

Self proclaimed student leaders indulge in triple riding and rash driving in the city without fear of being penalised by police. These students violate traffic rules and indulging in hooliganism at crossings in the city while traffic police remained mute spectators on Friday. These students were creating noise and whistling on seeing supporters on the road. 

Mussoorie CO Jaya Baloni said that a meeting with leaders of different unions was held in the college recently. The student leaders were strictly directed that their followers would not indulge in hooliganism within college campus and the city.

In the meeting, student leaders said that their supporters would not indulge in any type of hooliganism in the city. Police should take action against those violating the law.

Baloni said that to conduct students’ election peacefully in DAV (PG) College and DBS (PG) College, police Chowki has been established. One sub-inspector and 12 police personnel have been deputed there. In addition to this, PAC jawans and seven commandos have been deployed there. Police station in-charge have been directed to depute police on roads goes to DAV (PG) College and DBS (PG) College and they will take action against law violators, she added.

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