Students protests at Jadavpur University a day after a primary yr scholar was discovered lifeless underneath mysterious circumstances on the University hostel on August 10 morning.
| Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri
A former Jadavpur University scholar was arrested for the death of 18-year-old undergraduate student Swapnadeep Kundu on the college’s important hostel. Sourav Chowdhury was produced earlier than a metropolis courtroom on August 12 and remanded to police custody until August 22.
Mr. Chowdhury, who accomplished M.Sc. in Mathematics on the college in 2022, was staying on the important hostel and was allegedly current when Swapnadeep Kundu fell from the second flooring of the hostel in the early hours of August 10.
Swapnadeep’s father Ramprasad Kundu had lodged a criticism on the Jadavpur Police Station, and a case underneath Sections 302 (homicide) and 34 (frequent intention) of the Indian Penal Code started. Mr. Ramprasad Kundu stated that he had met Mr. Chowdhury on the hostel and the latter had assured that he would deal with the younger scholar.
Meanwhile, allegations of ragging are coming to the fore, with some first yr college students alleging that seniors have been directing them to not put on shorts and minimize their hair. Parents and family members of the deceased scholar have additionally alleged that ragging was answerable for the death. Questions are being raised on whether or not extra college students have been concerned in the alleged ragging.
Swapnadeep, a resident of Bagula in Nadia district, was admitted to the Bengali Department of the celebrated college, and had attended courses for 3 days earlier than tragedy struck on August 10. He had made frantic calls to his mother and father late on August 9.
Former Vice Chancellor (V-C) of Jadavpur University, Abhijit Chakraborty, who stepped down following protests by college students, stated that he had taken varied initiatives, together with the set up of shut circuit tv (CCTV) cameras, and eradicating college students who had accomplished their programmes from the hostels.
Students from the college have additionally taken out processions demanding ‘Justice for Swapnadeep’.
Despite the death of the coed on the college campus, which has despatched shock waves throughout the educational group, accountability can’t be mounted as Jadavpur University doesn’t have a full-time Vice Chancellor.
Governor C.V. Ananda Bose had on June 1 entrusted Amitabha Datta, additionally Pro V-C of the college, with the accountability of performing the responsibility of V-C.
None of the 31 State-run universities in West Bengal have full-term Vice Chancellors.
