DC CORRESPONDENT
BENGALURU: The 21-year-old Tanzanian girl studying in Acharya Institute, who was allegedly stripped by a mob in Soladevanahalli on January 31, would be attending classes this week.
She and her friends, who were traveling in a car, were attacked by a mob after another car driven by a Sudanese national had fatally run over a local resident, Shabana Taj (35).
One of her friends said that the architecture student will soon be resuming her classes. “She is much better than before and has come back to her room,” he said.
H.D. Malleshappa, Principal, Acharya Institute of Technology, said, “The Tanzanian student was not attending classes after the incident. Till Saturday, she was busy with the High Commission officials from Tanzania. She is expected to resume classes from this week.”
Meanwhile, the attendance of African students, which had seen a 20% drop after the incident, is improving with more students attending classes.
“Yes, there was a fall in the attendance of the African students in the college after the news broke out on Wednesday. However, when the police officials met with the students assuring them of safety and security along with the officials from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations urging the students to resume the classes, on Friday and Saturday majority of the students attended the classes,” Malleshappa added.
When DC asked about the peace meeting, which was scheduled to be held by the college management with Gram Panchayat and locals in the presence of police, Malleshappa added, “As of now, the college is not going to conduct a meeting with the locals and Gram Panchayat immediately, keeping the sensitivity of the issue in mind.”
The city police have stepped up the security in and around Hesaraghatta.
