PANJIM: A day after two college students were arrested for allegedly possessing drugs, the National Students Union of India (NSUI) has demanded that the government make mandatory anti-narcotics committees in all educational institutions.
On Friday, Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) and Crime Branch (CB) sleuths arrested two students of Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi-Ponda for allegedly possessing narcotics.
Addressing media persons, NSUI State President Ahraz Mulla said the students’ union would be writing to Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar and Goa University Vice Chancellor to direct educational institutions to set up anti-narcotics committees in line with the anti-ragging committee, which has been a wide success.
NSUI also demanded that sale of tobacco products and alcohol be banned within 500 meters of educational institutions. “We would like to congratulate ANC and CB for their action against the college students, who are getting pulled into such illegal activities,” Mulla said.
“The chief minister needs to take immediate steps to ensure that committees are constituted. The anti-ragging committees have been successful, with Goa having zero number of cases,” he said.
Mulla recalled that in 2015, two youth had died of suspected drug overdose at a birthday party in Curtorim. “Despite such a tragic incident, the government has failed to ensure that youth are safe from narcotics. The government has miserably failed to weed out drugs from the State,” he said.
