Tirunelveli police book NEET coaching centre trainer for caning students; State human rights panel member visits premises
The Tirunelveli city police have registered a case against the trainer of a private NEET coaching centre on charges of beating students with a cane and hurling footwear at girl students. On a complaint from Ameer Hussain, of Thalaiyuthu, the Melapalayam police registered a case against the trainer, Jalaludeen Ahmed, of Kerala. The attack on students, which was captured on a CCTV camera, triggered widespread outrage. The police said that Jalaludeen had been operating the JAL NEET Academy in Tirunelveli for over two years. It had been coaching students from Krishnagiri, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Madurai, and Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu and some parts of Kerala. Sources said that Hussain had worked at the coaching centre, and his services were terminated recently. He alleged that on September 25, J...