Student death Situation tense at Visva-Bharati cops deployed outside VC home
Kolkata Apr 23 PTI Tension prevailed amid protests and police deployment at Visva-Bharati in Bengals Birbhum district on Saturday two days after a student was found hanging in a hostel room with his parents claiming that he was murdered and that the university was trying to hush up the matterThe deceased was a Class 12 student of Patha Bhavana a school run by the institutionProtests have rocked the university campus over the past two days as the boys parents along with other students demanded an audience with vice chancellor Bidyut Chakrabory seeking to know more about the 17-year-olds demiseSome of the agitators had broken open the lock of the main gate outside the VCs residenceA team of police officers has been deployed outside the VCs residence to avoid any gathering there a university official saidThe boys parents have filed a complaint at Santiniketan police station alleging that their child was murdered and the Visva-Bharati authorities was trying to suppress the caseGovernor Jagdeep Dhankhar had earlier tweeted that the VC sent him SOS seeking urgent police protection in view of the agitationHe had asked Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi to take immediate action in this regardVC Vishwa Bharati msg sent to CS for intervention WBPolice Dhankhar wroteAmid allegations by a section of protesters that he was not responsive to the agony of the boys family Chakraborty had earlier said that he did everything to ensure that the parents face no difficultyI had rushed the boy to Pearson Memorial Hospital from his hostel room and instructed the Visva-Bharati employees to ensure his parents did not face any difficulty I could not talk to them immediately due to the tense situation he told reporters on SaturdayBJP national secretary Anupam Hazra said in a Facebook post that the VC should have met the parents of the studentThis is what we expect from a teacher this is what is least expected from a teacher Hazra saidAn infuriated Chakrabarty responded to the post saying Hazra a former MP of Bolpur and ex-faculty of the institute should have checked facts before making sweeping comments PTI SUS RMS RMS
Kolkata Apr 23 PTI Tension prevailed amid protests and police deployment at Visva-Bharati in Bengals Birbhum district on Saturday two days after a student was found hanging in a hostel room with his parents claiming that he was murdered and that the university was trying to hush up the matterThe deceased was a Class 12 student of Patha Bhavana a school run by the institutionProtests have rocked the university campus over the past two days as the boys parents along with other students demanded an audience with vice chancellor Bidyut Chakrabory seeking to know more about the 17-year-olds demiseSome of the agitators had broken open the lock of the main gate outside the VCs residenceA team of police officers has been deployed outside the VCs residence to avoid any gathering there a university official saidThe boys parents have filed a complaint at Santiniketan police station alleging that their child was murdered and the Visva-Bharati authorities was trying to suppress the caseGovernor Jagdeep Dhankhar had earlier tweeted that the VC sent him SOS seeking urgent police protection in view of the agitationHe had asked Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi to take immediate action in this regardVC Vishwa Bharati msg sent to CS for intervention WBPolice Dhankhar wroteAmid allegations by a section of protesters that he was not responsive to the agony of the boys family Chakraborty had earlier said that he did everything to ensure that the parents face no difficultyI had rushed the boy to Pearson Memorial Hospital from his hostel room and instructed the Visva-Bharati employees to ensure his parents did not face any difficulty I could not talk to them immediately due to the tense situation he told reporters on SaturdayBJP national secretary Anupam Hazra said in a Facebook post that the VC should have met the parents of the studentThis is what we expect from a teacher this is what is least expected from a teacher Hazra saidAn infuriated Chakrabarty responded to the post saying Hazra a former MP of Bolpur and ex-faculty of the institute should have checked facts before making sweeping comments PTI SUS RMS RMS
