SHILLONG, NOV 19: In a crackdown on college and school students, the city police picked up forty-five of them, including five girls, from Ward’s Lake, located in the heart of the city and nearer to most of the colleges after they were found drinking inside its premises and also for indecent behavior.
The police swung into action after it received a complaint. East Khasi hills SP M Kharkhrang said the 45 youths that includes college, school students and even drop outs were picked up by the police drinking inside the premises of the Ward’s Lake.
Out of the 45, five were females, Kharkhrang informed.
All the students, some of them still in their school uniforms, were taken by the police on a bus to the Shillong Civil Hospital.
Asked what kind of action will the police take against the students, Kharkhrang said, “We are l sending them for medical checkup first and whatever action needs to be taken will be taken after looking into their medical reports.
According to Kharkrang, the action taken by the police is also in view of the fact that such activities is illegal in public places and on top it do not really portrays a good image with the visiting tourists who frequents the tourist spot.- By Our Reporter
this has been going on since long.. Thank God the cops r in action now ! time for some real work !
I think this the first time that the Meghalaya Police has taken some steps to stop such indecent behaviors of the students. This is not the first time that such things have happened but many times I’ve seen. School boys and girls,college students. It is such a shame for us to see such behaviors..it would leave a bad impression on the People coming from other parts of the country and the world who come and visit our city. Not only Wards Lake but many other places too. We just need informers who would place a complaint on seeing such deeds. It would be a great help,for the police and the discipline of the State itself!
Why to mention whether school boys or girls is it necessary.. If they can handle other insurgents like they did to these kids that’s much better.. Yes these kids also needs a punishment but it should only end up in wards lake only
Moral policing. Why arrest everyone? Only the trouble makers shpuld be arrested. Unless you catch them while they were drinking you can’t arrest them. Even then you’d have to medically prove they are intoxicated . Alcohol does not stay for a long time in the body and the Meghalaya police do not have breath analyzers this no one will be chargesheeted. At the end of the day the police will not be able to charge them with anything except for a few trouble makers with witnesses. The others will go to jail for no reason. Just an attempt to humuliate the younger people because their childhood’s were unpleasant. Go chase the militants instead of harassing harmless drunks Meghalaya Police
While I understand the need to curb underage drinking, I don’t understand the necessity of having to specify that of the forty five or so teenagers that were picked up the police five were female. Is there some special requirement that facilitates the need to mention this little caveat? Why not go further and say that forty were teenage boys? Does that not make more sense when describing this group of teenagers?
they must be punished. And make them realised that what they did is illegal and its a biggest mistake they had done.
A thing of this kind should definitely be condemned but this piece has scarred me. Didn’t anyone proof read this before publishing? EDITOR?
Also, you lost me with the “INCLUDING FIVE WOMEN” addition.
Oh Meghalaya, this is from one journo to another.
Let’s be more sensitive from our next article and yes, of course, grammatically correct too!!
Don’t blame them but blame their parents for not having time with their children these days… A proper guidance and a word God are missing in every society and community. So before we look at others think first how much have we contributed to the society and their love’s one…
seriously….there was a nedd to publicise such harassment…drinking is a priviledge…instead of harrassing them…why nt advice them for counselling but yeah it had to portray that whatsoever GIRLS do had to make the news…its alcohol for goodness sake…its not illegal when youre above 18,for the underage…well screw the wine store keeper….last but nt the least,some pple are nt morally incline section in the society…this articles demands respect for both…