Parents protest bid to rape student

FARIDKOT: The parents of medical girl students residing in Guru Gobind Singh Medical College (GGSMC) hostel here met the principal on Wednesday in protest against the incident of attempt to rape a post graduate student of the college a few days ago.
Earlier in the day the wards of girl students from Patiala, Ludhiana, Moga, Kotkapura and other towns convened a meeting here to chalk out strategy for further action.The spokesman of the parents Ranbir Singh said that if the college authorities did not resolve the matter, they would approach minister for Medical Education &Research Punjab and Punjab chief minister.
The principal of GGSMC Dr JS Dalal said that all the girls residing in PG hostel were being shifted to another hostel, which according to him was safer from security point of view. When asked about the incident, he said that the matter was brought to the notice of the police.
It is reported that an unidentified person entered room number 20 of post graduate hostel of GGSMC on the night of March 21. The sneaker allegedly made an attempt to rape the girl residing in the room but fled away when the latter raised a hue and cry. The girl was reportedly injured in the scuffle with the accused.
It is alleged that When the girl reported the matter to the hostel warden, the latter pressurized her not to disclose the incident to any body. The matter remained hushed up for two days but when the parents of the victim came to know of the incident they contacted wards of other students and pressed the college authorities to pursue the matter.
According to police authorities the accused could not be identified so far.