Mumbai college under scanner for holding farewell party amid surge in Covid-19 cases

Kandivli's Jiten Mody Junior College allegedly held a farewell party on March 13 and it was attended by many students. The incident came to light when photos of the event were circulated.

Despite rising coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, a Mumbai college has come under the scanner for allegedly holding a farewell party for Class 12 students. Kandivli's Jiten Mody Junior College allegedly held a farewell party on March 13 and it was attended by many students. The incident came to light when photos of the event were circulated. The development comes at a time when schools and colleges remain shut in Maharashtra, with the state witnessing 15,051 new coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the state's caseload to 23,29,464, while 48 fatalities took the death toll to 52,909.