A group of students from Cochin University College of Engineering Kuttanadu, Aleppey, has approached the District Magistrate against the principal for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of the North Indian students by providing them beef cutlets claiming that it was vegetarian.

A group of students from Cochin University College of Engg Kuttanad wrote a letter to DM of Alappuzha, #Kerala complaining against their Principal, stating that students from North India were served 'Beef Cutlets' in a 'deliberate attempt to offend their religious sentiments' — ANI (@ANI) January 27, 2018



Students in their letter have stated that this was done after one of them approached the district collector in connection with the suspension of a student on January 23 by principal - Dr Sunil Kumar.

They alleged that the student was suspended after he held a Saraswati Pooja inside the campus without permission.

"We believe this is directly linked to the Saraswati Pooja incident. Since his (principal) ego was not satisfied, he made a deliberate attempt to malign our dignity and hurt our religious sentiments," the students lamented in the letter.

The students termed the principal's conduct unethical as according to them, Kumar was aware that they were vegetarians.

"The students are totally shaken while some are depressed by the incident," the letter further read.

The principal has responded saying that the programme was not conducted by the college and the catering was arranged by the students themselves.

"We did not know what was in the menu. It must be a mistake from the caterers," Dr Kumar said.

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