Order to close illegal tuition centers, panchayat directed to take action

KOZHIKODE: The authorities have ordered to close illegal tuition centers in Thamarassery. The order was issued by the Kozhikode DEO. The order directed the panchayat to take immediate action. The action is following the death of Muhammad Shahabas, a tenth-class student, who died after attacked.

Shahabas was killed in a clash that broke out following a farewell party at a private tuition center operating near the old bus stand in Thamarassery. The reason for the clash was allegedly an uproar over stopping the music during a farewell party at a tuition centre attended by students from Muhammedali Jauhar Higher Secondary School and Government Vocational Higher Secondary School on February 23.

Shahabas, who suffered serious head injuries in the clash, was admitted to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital but died during treatment. The post-mortem report revealed that he sustained severe brain and skull injuries.