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Police will keep data of students coming to Kota

JAIPUR: For the first time, the Rajasthan police has decided to prepare a database of all the students coming to Kota from other places to ensure their safety and security.

According to sources, details like permanent address, contact number and the name of local guardian will be collected which would help the police in cracking the case if any untoward incident happens. Nearly 80,000 students from all over the country come to Kota every year for preparing for various competitive examinations like IIT-JEE, AIPMT and AIEEE, among others. In the recent past, there have been several incidents in which students from other states were targeted by criminals. Also, ‘non-serious’ students were found indulging in criminal activities.

Recently, IG, Kota, Rajeev Dasot held a meeting of two DySPs and SHOs of Vigyan Nagar, Mahaveer Nagar, Dadabari and Jawahar Nagar police stations under which coaching institutes are located. During the meeting, he directed them to gather details of all the students coming to coaching institutes and hostels from the current session.

Talking to TOI, the IG said that a few local criminals have entered the coaching industry by setting up hostels and mess services and there is a chance that aspirants might fall prey to them. “While generating database, police will also collect details of those who run hostels and mess services in the city. There are several students who are not-so-serious about preparations and have been sent to Kota forcibly by their parents,” he said. “Such students, if found indulging in criminal acts, would be packed off to their native places,” he said.

Besides, senior police officers would visit coaching institutes and interact with students so that they could approach them directly in case of any emergency. Patrolling has also been increased in areas where coaching centres, hostels and messes are located, the IG said.

Recently, soon after two students were caught stealing mobile phones, police started keeping a tab on the activities of suspected students. Those who spend more time outside coaching classes and are involved in non-academic activities are already under police scanner, said an official. Nearly 15 students, who are suspected to be involved in criminal activities to make quick money, have already been identified, he said.

CEO of Career Point, Pramod Maheshwari said that the coaching institutes will welcome the move as it is an effort by the police for the benefit of students. However, police stations are yet to get fully computerized. Therefore, there might be challenges in the effective implementation of the new measures, he said.

Recent incidents:

March 2010: An engineering student, Yogesh Chaudhary (22), a native of Mathura, was found hanging from a tree in front of his rented accommodation in Riddhi Siddhi area of Kota.

December 2009: Two IIT-JEE aspirants - Nitin Prakash and Deepak Soni - arrested for mobile phone thefts. Eighteen mobile phones and a motorcycle were seized and cases were filed against them at three police stations.

October 2009: Ritu Yadav (20) of Jhajjar district of Haryana committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room in Mahaveer Nagar of Kota. She was preparing for medical entrance examination in a city-based coaching centre.

September 2009: An engineering aspirant and a native of Bhind district in MP, Anand Singh (19), committed suicide in his room.

September 20: A native of Alwar and PMT aspirant, Nisha (17), committed suicide by jumping before a train near Keshavrai Patan village.

History of KOTA

he history of the city dates back to the 12th century A.D. when the Hada Chieftain, Rao Deva, conquered the territory and founded Bundi and Hadoti. Later, in the early 17th century AD during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, the ruler of Bundi -Rao Ratan Singh, gave the smaller principality of Kota to his son, Madho Singh. Since then Kota became a hallmark of the Rajput gallantry and culture.

The south eastern region of Rajasthan known as Hadoti comprises of Bundi, Baran, Jhalawar and Kota is a treasure of history dating back to several centuries. Prehistoriccaves,paintings,formidable forts and the mighty chambal river hurtling from the Vindhyas are dotted in the region. When Jait Singh of Bundi defeated the Bhil Chieftain Koteya in a battle, he raised the first battlement or the 'Garh'(fort) over his severead head. The Independant state of kota became a reality in 1631 when Rao Madho Singh, the second son of Rao Ratan of Bundi was made the ruler, by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Soon Kota outgrew its parent state to become bigger in area, richer in revenue and more powerful. Maharao Bhim Singh played a pivotal role in Kota's history, having held a 'Mansab' of five thousand and being the first in his dynasty to have the title of Maharao. Kota is situated on the banks of chambal river and is fastly emerging as an important industrial centre. It boasts of Asia's largest fertilizer plant, precision instrument unit and atomic power station nearby. Surprisingly unexplored, the Kota region of Rajasthan has some splendid treasures for the tourist to take home memories of. Its impregnable fortresses, sprawling palaces, exquisitely wrought palaces and lovely waterways act as a magnificient foil to its exotic wildlife and delicate fresco Paintings. .

Situtated on the banks of the Chambal River,at an important juncture of the trade route between Delhi and Gujrat, Kota is Rjasthan's Fifth Largest City. This Bustling,sprawling city is also called the industrial capital of the state. The tentacles of the modern world have the city in its grip with the Chambal Valley Project giving it a major position on the state's industrial map. Chemicals,fertilizers, synthetic fibres, tyrecord and sophisticated instruments, industry's mainstay, have helped in pushing this ancient city into the forefront of modernisation. Yet memories of its ancient links linger strongly. Present Day Kota owes its foundations to a Kotya Bhil warrior who 800 years ago built a small fortification at akelgarh and put up a protective mud-wall around it all the way to Retwali. In 1580, Rao Madho Singh strenghtened both the fortification and the wall. In time to come, Kota acquired the Hallmark of rajput power as well as culture.

Death toll rises to 22 in Kota bridge collapse

Kota: With the recovery of 15 more bodies today from the debris of an under-construction bridge over Chambal river, the death toll has risen to 22 even as the two officials arrested in connection with the collapse were remanded in police custody for five days.

The bridge over Chambal river had collapsed on Thursday evening. "Fifteen more dead bodies have been pulled out till evening today and around 20 others are still missing," IG Kota Range Rajeev Dasot told PTI. According to the officer, efforts are underway to locate the missing labourers who were working at the site. In the rescue operation, 200 labourers, 200 policemen, 50 officials, 80 Army Jawans, 20 experts from calamity relief management of Gujarat and naval divers are engaged. Meanwhile, the two arrested officials -- chief project manager of Hyundai Engineering and Construction and deputy project manager of Gammon India -- were produced before a local court here which sent them to five-day police remand. Kota police has also registered a case against 14 officials of Gammon and Hyundai in connection with the mishap. On the other hand, NHAI member Subhash Patel said here that both the companies will continue to execute the project. He also showed confidence in working ability of both the companies and said human error might have led to the collapse as there was no doubt about the designing technology.