Student dies by suicide at NIT-Silchar, 40 injured in police lathi charge as protest turns violent
The victim's classmates claimed that the Dean of Academics BK Roy insulted the victim who got six backlogs in his first-semester examination, which was held online in 2021 because of the pandemic. Image used for representational purpose only. GUWAHATI: A third-year student of NIT-Silchar allegedly died by suicide on the campus on Friday evening. The body of the student, a native of Arunachal Pradesh, was found hanging in his hostel room. Following this, his disconsolate classmates stopped the police from taking down the body alleging that he was forced to resort to the extreme step following actions of the college authority. Two hours later, as the police managed to send the body for post-mortem examination, the students began a demonstration in front of the Dean of Academics BK Roy’s official residence on the campus. They alleged that Roy had insulted the victim who got six backlogs in his first-semester examination, which was held online in 2021 because of the pandemic. Due to...