Mysore/Mysuru: Students of
Maharaja’s Degree and PU College, pursuing Criminology and Forensic Science courses, staged a protest in city this morning demanding that priority be given for candidates with a background in Criminology and Forensic Science subjects to get employed in the Police Department, State and Central Forensic Labs, Prisons and other related Departments.
Claiming that Criminology students are facing large-scale unemployment as they lacked suitable job opportunities, the protesters demanded reservation of jobs. Criminology students were given priority in Police recruitments in Kerala and other States but not in Karnataka, they claimed.
Shouting slogans and holding placards, over 50 students marched from their institution to the DC Office, the students decried the injustice meted out to them. “We are qualified in both theory and practical but we are denied jobs in the Police and ot