Kozhikode: The Students Federation of India (SFI) organised a march outside the National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) in protest of the imposition of a hefty fine on students who allegedly led a strike against night curfew on the campus.
A Sub-Inspector was injured as the SFI activists attempted to break a police barricade. SI Ramesan of the Kunnamangalam Police Station was shifted to the Government Medical College Hospital for treatment. The march was led by SFI's state committee member K Midhun and Kunnamangalam area committee president Asad.
On Thursday, the NITC issued a show cause notice to five students, accusing them of leading a day-long strike on March 22, which led to 'loss of a working day'. The NITC notice accessed by Onmanorama states that to recover damages from the 'irreparable loss of a productive working day' each student must pay a fine of 6,61,155.
The CPM issued a press release labelling NITC Director Prasad Krishna's decision as strange and autocratic. The NITC management had drawn flak recently for staking a claim to a stretch of State Highway 83.