Students at NIT Silchar clash with police after suicide on campus
Guwahati: On Friday night, students at the National Institute of Technology at Silchar in Cachar district of Assam, clashed with the police during a massive student protest against NIT authorities. This protest took place after one of their students allegedly hung himself at the college hostel after he failed exams and couldn't clear his back papers, reports NDTV.
According to sources, the fellow student was from Arunachal Pradesh, was in the third semester of the electric engineering course, had requested the college authorities to allow him to register for the next semester, but it was reportedly turned down.
The students were upset over the new guidelines introduced by the college administration. Speaking to NDTV, one of the protesting students said they waited whole night for NIT Silchar Director to meet them, but he declined all their requests. The college has been introducing new guidelines for students everyday. The student added, “The students are not happy with the behaviour of the administration of NIT Silchar. Today, one of the students died by suicide due to depression.”
According to the students, they were protesting peacefully, and wanted to meet the Director of the institute, but were met with police batons instead
Another protesting student said, “Our student, our senior, died by suicide, and we were doing peaceful agitation but the authorities of NIT Silchar didn't even bother to come and talk to us. They unleashed police on us, police lathi-charged us."
According to the college administration, the student allegedly killed himself due to depression, they said, the student had problems since his first year itself and he might have been depressed as he couldn't clear backlogs.
The police said they had to take steps to de-escalate the situation as the students were not ready to negotiate, they also vandalised cars and ransacked the residence of the Dean. A case of unnatural death has been registered, and the police have recovered the dead body and sent it for post-mortem.
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Nightclub fire: Goa court remands Luthra brothers in police custody for five days
Panaji (PTI): A court in North Goa on Wednesday remanded Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub, in police custody for five days.
The brothers, brought to Goa from Delhi after being deported from Thailand in connection with the December 6 blaze that killed 25, were produced in the court after undergoing health check-ups twice at the District Hospital in North Goa.
Judicial Magistrate First Class Mapusa Puja Sardesai remanded the two brothers in police custody for five days.
Advocate Vishnu Joshi, representing Bhavana Joshi who lost four family members in the tragedy, said that the accused were asking for “special consideration” claiming poor health.
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“We said they should not be given any extra relaxation,” he said, adding that the court has taken cognisance of the fact that this is about the death of “25 people in the form of mass genocide”.
“But since they kept pressing for medical check-up, the court ordered reexamination of their health. It is clear in the medical examination that they don’t require any consideration. The accused sought special considerations in the lock-up like a good mattress, which the court refused,” said Joshi.
A team of the Goa Police, along with the Luthra brothers, arrived at the Manohar International Airport, Mopa, in North Goa at 10.45 am.
The duo was initially taken to a Primary Health Centre at Siolim for medical examination. They were then taken to the District Hospital at Mapusa.
After their health assessment, the two were brought to the court.
The court directed that the accused be sent for fresh medical examination. Accordingly, the two were again taken to the District Hospital.
Later, they were produced before Judge Sardesai, who ordered the five-day police custody of the accused.
After the fire tragedy at Arpora village, the Anjuna police had registered a case against the Luthra brothers on various charges, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
The brothers were arrested in Delhi on Tuesday after being deported from Thailand. A court there allowed the Goa Police their two-day transit remand.
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The duo had fled to Phuket in Thailand early on December 7, hours after the fire at their nightclub, prompting the authorities to issue an Interpol Blue Corner Notice and cancel their passports.
They were detained by Thai authorities at Phuket on December 11 following a request from the Indian government, which later coordinated with officials in Thailand to deport them under legal treaties between the two nations.
Five managers and staff members have already been arrested by the Goa Police in connection with the fire.
