MBBS Student Commits Suicide, Five People Including Medical College Principal Booked For Alleged Harassment

In a surprising incident, a first-year MBBS student belonging to the Community of  Dalit recently committed suicide on Saturday by using placing himself to death in his hostel room at Firozabad Medical College.

Based on the complaint lodged by the dead student's father, who alleged that the medical college management was harassing him for being a Dalit, the police have caught five people, including the medical college's Principal, in this connection.

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Apart from the college principal Dr. Sangeeta Aneja, Controller of Examination Gaurav Singh, hostel wardens Munish Khanna and Naushar Hussain, and computer operator Ayush Jain have also been booked by the police, adds TOI.

All of them did book under IPC sections 306 and 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. District Magistrate Ravi Ranjan said a panel had done a form to probe the incident.

The  Dalit MBBS student did find hanging from the roof of his hostel room at the Autonomous State Medical College, and officials informed PTI.

Directing to the complaint lodged by Uday Singh Shankhwar, the father of the deceased student, Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Sarvesh Kumar Mishra said that as per the directions of the Principal, the exam controller Singh had allegedly threatened not to allow the medico to sit in an examination. Casteist remarks were also allegedly hurled at him, he said.

According to the police, Shankhwar had an exam on Saturday. After he did not reach the examination hall, the college staff went to his hostel room to check on him and found it locked inside. The staff broke open the door and found Shankhwar, a first-year MBBS student, hanging from the ceiling, he said.

The last rites of the student were conducted amid tight security on Sunday, police said, adding that the post-mortem examination of the deceased also did.

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After hearing about the alleged suicide, students blocked the highway in front of the Firozabad district hospital for nearly four hours, demanding action against the college principal and the hostel warden. Police officials managed to persuade the students to clear the highway.

In this regard, the deceased student's father told the Times of India, "My son used to speak out against the malpractices and lack of basic facilities in the university. The institute authorities even threatened to fail him in exams and suspend him. He was not allowed to appear for the physiology exam on Saturday morning. Hours later, he was found hanging in his hostel room."

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