Overview
- A video showed pharmacy students briefly offering namaz in an unused classroom at Ideal College, which the administration described as an unauthorized act.
- After the clip circulated online, VHP and Bajrang Dal activists arrived to protest, and Hill Line Police attended to maintain order before leaving once calm was restored.
- In the internal inquiry, the students said they intended no offence and apologized on video, holding their ears and pledging not to pray on campus again.
- Footage reported that activists chanted “Jai Shri Ram” and directed the students to touch the feet of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj before the apology.
- The college reiterated that religious activities are not permitted, indicated disciplinary action and stricter monitoring will follow, and is handling the matter internally without a formal public statement from either the administration or police.