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Breaking heads over stolen helmets |
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By: Nolan Pinto |
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2010-02-08 |
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Place: Bangalore |
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Students attending college fest lose helmets worth Rs 20,000; college authorities deny responsibility
Students who attended the Cul-ah! 2010 Jungle Fever Fest at Mount Carmel College were in for double trouble.
On Saturday evening, around 10 students lost their customised expensive helmets cumulatively worth over Rs 20,000. To make it worse, they were caught by the police for not wearing helmets and even had to face an unpleasant quizzing by them.
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FULL STOP: A volunteer stops the students entering the campus with helmets. (Below) After the festival the students return to the helmet deposit counter to collect their helmets, but they find them missing |
As a rule, authorities at Mount Carmel College do not allow helmets inside the campus during fests, as they believe helmets could be used as a weapon of choice in case a fight breaks out. However, now the college is refusing to take responsibility for the lost helmets.
When the students returned at night after the fest to collect their helmets, they found that they were missing from the helmet deposit counter. The volunteers from the college manning the security booth had no explanations.
Chiranth Bopanna, an engineering student from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, lost a customised helmet that he had borrowed from his friend. He says, "This was a scorpion helmet and he had got it from JC Road." His friend, Somanna B A, who owns the helmet, had customised it by working on its paint, colour and design.
"It cost him more than Rs 3,000," adds Somanna. When he left after this incident, he was stopped by the police and made to take a breathalyser test. He says, "I told them I lost it and they let me off with a warning."
Another student, Lawrence Prithviraj from St Joseph College of Commerce dodged the police by using the side lanes. Though he resides in Electronics City, he stayed the night at his friend's home in Hutchins Road. He says, "I only left at six in the morning to avoid being caught by the police on my way home." Likewise, Mohammed Nadin, a BPO executive, somehow managed to avoid the police on his way back. Put into hardship due to his helmet being stolen, he says, "I did not touch my bike at all today."
Head of Security at Mount Carmel College, Annie, a third year arts student says, "As of now, nothing has been done." They will look into it after all the volunteers meet on Monday. She declined to comment on whether any compensation would be given. |
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