After two hours when the police managed to send the body for post-mortem examination, the students start a demonstration in front of dean of academics BK Roy’s official residence on the campus. A third-year student of NIT-Silchar allegedly died by suicide on the campus after which his classmates began a protest that finally turned violent, prompting the police to lathi charge, in which 40 people were injured which officials had said on this Saturday. The body of the student who was a native of Arunachal Pradesh, was found hanging in his hostel room on Friday evening. Alleging that he was forced to die by suicide because of the actions taken by college authority, and also his classmates stopped the police from taking down the body. This is actually a big incident.
After the police managed to send the body for post-mortem examination and the students began a demonstration in front of dean of academics BK Roy’s official residence on the campus. They said that Roy had insulted the victim who got six backlogs in his first semester examination, which was held online in 2021 as it was the time of pandemic. Because that time it was lockdown and he was at home for which he failed to attend the online classes due to lack of internet connectivity, resulting in the backlog, they mentioned.
He had appealed to the authorities and requested to conduct a special examination so that he could clear the backlogs but far from it Roy by all accounts insulted him. Following this incident, he locked himself in his room and later his body was found hanging, they said. The protest over the death escalated, and the students allegedly vandalised Roy’s residence, Cachar’s Superintendent of Police Numal Mahatta said. “They attacked the police and other officials as well. At one point, we had to lathi charge to control the situation. We are now investigating the matter,” which he said.
In the lathi charge almost 40 students get injured and they were sent to Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH) for further treatment. The conditions of some of the students are stated to be very critical which the officials mentioned. NIT-Silchar director Dilip Kumar Baidya said it is very sad incident and he has sympathy for the student who died but also mentioned that he had a bad academic record. “Some students fail, and they come with illegitimate demands,” he said, commenting on the incident. Cachar’s District Commissioner Rohan Kumar Jha also visited the campus and after which formed a committee that will investigate the incident very carefully.
The students have said that they would continue their protest in a democratic manner as this is not a small matter. “Our classmate died because of the wrong decisions of the authorities, we’ll continue our protest till justice is served,” said by one of the protesters. A large police contingent was placed at the campus, along with one company of the CRPF, which the SP said.
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