Medical students of Bihar Veterinary College in Patna are observing an indefinite strike alleging that a brawl took place with locals leading to an incident of firing inside the campus last evening. One of the students was injured in the firing. The protesting students are demanding security for the students.

A protesting student alleged, “Our college students come and play here; they had a brawl with the locals on the campus at around 6:00 p.m. yesterday. This keeps happening here every other day. Firing also took place yesterday. A first-year student sustained bullet injuries on his hand. He is admitted to a hospital. So, we are observing an indefinite strike.”

He also added, “Our demands are simple, that our safety should be ensured. Our seniors work here in the OPD, and there are no security arrangements for them. Female student use these roads on regular basis and there is no safety measure for them. Keeping all these issues, we are on an indefinite strike.”

Rishita Ranjan, a second-year student, said, “We are on strike for the students who got shot, and the second reason is our safety. There is no safety for us girls while we are on our way to the hostel from college. The locals are always there and they click pictures, pass comments and even follow us. We want a ban on outsiders entering our college.”

Another student said, ” We submitted an application regarding this a year ago, but no action was taken. We have OPD, and we often have to travel late at night. If something happens to us, who will take responsibility?”