Villagers storm varsity after student's Merc hits rider

Tension gripped the Alliance University campus in Chandapura on May 22 as 80-odd angry villagers barged into the campus after a motorcycle rider was allegedly mowed down by a student’s car.

The villagers vandalised the security cabin and four cars.

The accident, police said, happened around 1.10 pm on May 21 near the Avadadhenahalli bus stop. Munraju (30), a computer operator at a panchayat office was crossing the road on his bike. A Mercedes-Benz, registered TS-09-EY-3609, driven in a rash and negligent manner by Rajesh (30), the driver of a student, knocked Munraj’s bike down.

The car was stopped and the driver was thrashed by the angry mob that gathered. Meanwhile, some managed to rush the victim to Sparsh Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on May 22.

News of Munraj’s death spread in Avadadhenahalli village. Villagers presumed the car’s driver was drunk and blamed the university students for endangering public lives.

About 80 villagers barged into the university campus around 6.40 pm and vandalised the security cabins and cars parked inside. When the security guards objected, they were roughed up and shoved away.

Manivannan, a security officer, in his complaint to the Anekal police, said the mob pelted stones at the security cabins and parked cars. The group soon left the premises shouting slogans and abusing the students threatening them with dire consequences. Anekal police registered a case of accident and another of vandalism.