dehradun at a time when the country is celebrating the achievements of the indian squad that took par in the commonwealth games a young athlete in uttarakhand was thrashed by his college principal for demanding better quality chapattis the incident was reported from dehraduns maharana pratap sports college on monday during a surprise inspection by chief minister harish rawat rahul kumar a class x student complained about the poor quality of chapattis being served to students and how it was affecting their health however when college principal manoj kumar sharma came to know about the incident he reportedly thrashed the 19yearold first in the sports ground and later at his residence the police have registered a non cognizable report against the principal the string of events started on monday afternoon when the chief minister met the students and took their feedback on the facilities provided to them by the college following rahuls disclosure rawat asked the college authorities to serve better quality food to the students this apparently did not go down well with sharma who penalized the young athlete after the cm left i went out of the college for a haircut without informing the authorities and when i returned the principal caught hold of me rahul a resident of laksar in haridwar district said he added that sharma slapped him repeatedly in front of other students in the ground and later repeated the assault at his residence which is opposite to the hostel he thrashed and scolded me for reporting the matter to the cm in the past several students have been slapped by the college staff but none of them could muster the courage to report such incidents however i have dared to raise my voice to help my friends said rahul who got in touch with the cm on monday evening and informed him about the principals behaviour the chief minister asked dehradun ssp ajay rautela to visit the college and inquire about the incident a police team took sharma to a hospital for medical test and questioned him at raipur police station an ncr has been registered against the principal who was found to be drunk in the evening said rautela students from the college told toi that indeed they were provided poor quality food and that it becomes difficult for them to stay fit they said even the pulses and rice provided to them were not up to the mark on being asked about the incident sharma said hum log to pyar se ek do chamat laga dete hain par keval bachon ke bhale ke liye at times we do slap students but only for their welfare he said rahul was an average athlete and a poor student he failed in class x and we are helping him out to clear the board exam next year sharma clarified that he was annoyed with the student for stepping out without informing anyone and that the incident had nothing to do with rahuls disclosure to the