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
