Latest News

  • Home
  • National
  • Smack to charas, IIT-Kanpur students fall in grip of drugs, reveals inquiry
Smack to charas, IIT-Kanpur students fall in grip of drugs, reveals inquiry
Monday, December 11, 2017 IST
Smack to charas, IIT-Kanpur students fall in grip of drugs, reveals inquiry

Probe reveals students are taking prohibited drugs. Institute plans to take help from local authorities to curb the menace. 
 

 
 

In what has come has a shocker for the administration for the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K), an internal inquiry has revealed that some of its students have been involved in the consumption of various kinds of drugs. The inquiry was conducted after getting specific inputs, and according to sources, the IIT-K administration came to know about over two dozen students who were found involved in consuming drugs and prohibited medicines.
 
Some of these drugs include Surti (tobacco), smack, Charas (Cannabis), Ganja (Hemp), etc. Sources told MAIL TODAY that these drugs are easily available at the roadside paan shops and tea shops near the gates of the Institute. The sources added that some private security guards and fourth-class employees of the prestigious institute are also involved in the supply of drugs and prohibited medicines to the students.
 
In order to keep a check on the menace, the II-K administration has pasted posters in the hostels to spread awareness among the students. It is also planning to hold counselling sessions for the budding engineers. Concerned over rise in drug menace on campus, the college administration also held a meeting with the district magistrate and the SSP of the Kanpur to find a solution. "Our security guards frisk all the visitors and noone is allowed to come inside the campus without a proper check," IIT-K director Manindra Agarwal told media persons.
 
"However, there is a locality called Nankari. The approaching road to it passes through our campus and it is always open. It is possible that peddlers are using this route and we are preparing to close this route and arrange for another passage for the residents. We do not want outsiders to access hostels and therefore have decided to provide a separate passage to the locals of Nankari and Barasirhoi villages to reach their destinations instead of passing through the main entrance of the institute," Agarwal said. "We are also planning to hold counselling sessions for the students to make them aware about the negative effects of such things on their health and their future," he added.
 
According to sources, the police also has some specific inputs about those involved in supplying drugs to students. Although the cops were tight-lipped, a huge quantity of hemp was recovered from a private security guard of the institute who was arrested by the Kalyanpur police about two months ago after a tip off.
 
The police have also passed some inputs to the Local Intelligence Unit (LIU). "A team of the LIU has been given the task to investigate the menace and we hope that they will come up with some positive results", DM Kanpur Surendra Singh informed. Besides, the local police have also been asked to keep a vigil in and around the campus also keep an eye on those who were nabbed earlier for their involvement in drug peddling, he added.

 
 
 
 
 

Related Topics

 
 
 

Trending News & Articles

 Article
Here is the full list of 827 porn websites banned by the DoT

While the Uttarakhand High Court has asked to block 857 websites, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) found 30 portals without any pornographic content. ...

Recently posted . 61K views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Class XII Boys Raped 16-Year-old in Dehradun School After Watching Porn on Phone: Police

The four boys as well as five school officials, including the director and principal, were arrested after the incident. The minors were presented before the Juvenil...

Recently posted . 8K views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Sept 27,2001 Rahul Gandhi and his girl friend Veronique,was arrested in Logan airport in Boston

Rahul was having an Italian passport and was carrying suitcase full of dollars. Some say it was about was it $2 million. Rahul and his girl friend was th...

Recently posted . 7K views . 7 min read
 

 Article
TOP 10 GYM EQUIPMENT BRANDS IN INDIA 2017

True – Tr...

Recently posted . 6K views . 83 min read
 

 
 

More in National

 Article
How will Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group look like in future?

  Amidst debt worries, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group is in an exit spree - 2G, tower, spectrum, real estate, Mumbai power distribution, DTH a...

Recently posted. 753 views . 20 min read
 

 Article
On Day 1 Of Arvind Kejriwal's Doorstep Delivery, 21,000 Calls, But...

Of the 20,000-plus people who called, only 1,200 were able to get through to the call centre, and of them, 369 appointments were fixed.

Recently posted. 506 views . 0 min read
 

 Article
Delhi mass suicide: 'They were educated, not superstitious', relatives dismiss 'religious angle', suspect foul play

A relative of the 11 members of a family who were found dead under mysterious circumstances at their home in north Delhi's Burari today suspected foul play in...

Recently posted. 543 views . 1 min read
 

 Video
What is wrong with secularism in india ?



Recently posted . 668 views
 

 Photo
Ever Wondered How India Looks From Space



Recently posted . 1K views
 

 Reviews
Top 10 financial services companies in India



Recently posted . 1K views . 31 min read
 

 Reviews
Top Schools in Delhi-NCR



Recently posted . 1K views . 126 min read
 

 Article
'Is it a Coffee Stain?' Bride's Friend Shames Her for Eco-Friendly Wedding Dress Made of Hemp

One of the bride's friends posted the photo of the woman in the hemp-made wdding dress on a Facebook group called 'That's it, I'm Wedding Shaming&...

Recently posted. 631 views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Boycott Of Army's Iftaar Biryani Leads To Clash In Kashmir, Four Girls Injured

The army had organised the Iftar party at a village in south Kashmir's Shopian. The event was part of the affirmative measures following the recent ceasefire

Recently posted. 574 views . 1 min read
 

 
 
 

   Prashnavali

  Thought of the Day

लफ़्जों को बरतने का सलीका ज़रूरी है गुफ़्तगू में.. गुलाब अगर कायदे से ना पेश हो तो काँटे चुभ जाते हैं.. सुप्रभात🌹
Anonymous

Be the first one to comment on this story

Close
Post Comment
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST


ads
Back To Top