<p>A criminal case against the director Pramal Chakrovarty and four others of Institute of Management Studies (IMS) here has been registered under sections 147, 504 and 506 of IPC and 3/1 of the SC/ST Act on a complaint filed by three engineering students--Dinesh Kumar, Ashwani and Vipin Kumar, SHO Massoori police station Sanjeev Kumar said.<br /><br />The complainants alleged that about a month before, their admit cards for examination was detained by the management of the institute on account of not paying some enhanced fees and later they forced 30 students to have their heads shaved for non payment of dues, he said.<br /><br />"The reports, so far, are based on allegations. We are investigating before the charges can be established and any action taken," Ghaziabad SSP Raghuvir Lal said.<br /><br />The students, who were made to tonsure their heads, complained they were not allowed to sit in the examination which concluded yesterday, Kumar said, adding the students strongly protested against the management and demanded the arrest of thre director and other faculty members today.<br /><br />"I was allowed to sit in the examination and other students expressed fear of being either failed or getting poor assessment in internal assessment," said a student Manish Kumar Maurya.<br /><br />Officials of the institute were not immediately available for comment.</p>
<p>A criminal case against the director Pramal Chakrovarty and four others of Institute of Management Studies (IMS) here has been registered under sections 147, 504 and 506 of IPC and 3/1 of the SC/ST Act on a complaint filed by three engineering students--Dinesh Kumar, Ashwani and Vipin Kumar, SHO Massoori police station Sanjeev Kumar said.<br /><br />The complainants alleged that about a month before, their admit cards for examination was detained by the management of the institute on account of not paying some enhanced fees and later they forced 30 students to have their heads shaved for non payment of dues, he said.<br /><br />"The reports, so far, are based on allegations. We are investigating before the charges can be established and any action taken," Ghaziabad SSP Raghuvir Lal said.<br /><br />The students, who were made to tonsure their heads, complained they were not allowed to sit in the examination which concluded yesterday, Kumar said, adding the students strongly protested against the management and demanded the arrest of thre director and other faculty members today.<br /><br />"I was allowed to sit in the examination and other students expressed fear of being either failed or getting poor assessment in internal assessment," said a student Manish Kumar Maurya.<br /><br />Officials of the institute were not immediately available for comment.</p>