"Murder," Alleges Family; Court Orders Fresh Probe Into IIT Student Death
NDTV
Citing "clear case of ragging", Calcutta High Court has ordered a detailed investigation into the death of IIT Kharagpur student Faizan Ahmed
What was initially believed to be a case of death by suicide by one of the students at IIT Kharagpur, due to academic pressure, can now turn into a murder probe, with Calcutta High Court ordering the police to check whether the Supreme Court's anti-ragging guidelines were followed at the premier higher education institute.
In view of the large number of discrepancies pointed out by the parents of Faizan Ahmed, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur student who died last month, the court ordered the police to present the case diary and instructed the district's top police officer to conduct a detailed investigation.
The court said: "From the bare look of the body, it seems to be a clear case of ragging and student enmity taking horrendous proportions."
The semi-decomposed body of the 23-year-old Mechanical Engineering student from Assam's Tinsukia was found in one of the hostel rooms on campus on October 16, 2022.
