NIT Hamirpur takes disciplinary action against 24 students

A first-year MTech student of the National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, recently died allegedly due to a drug overdose. Read here to know the latest updates.

After the death of an MTech first-year student due to an alleged drug overdose on October 23, the National Institute of Technology (NIT Hamirpur) has now taken disciplinary action against 24 of its students.

NIT Hamirpur Director Professor HM Suryavanshi confirmed that action has been taken against 24 students of the institute as they have "defamed" the institute, as reported by Telegraph India.

Ten BTech trainees have been expelled from the hostel for one year, while 12 other students have been fined Rs 2,500 to Rs 10,000 depending on their acts, the person said. Moreover, a spokesperson of the NIT Hamirpur said that NIT has expelled two BTech students for two semesters over disciplinary issues. Even when both the students will return back to the institute, they will not be provided hostel facilities for one year.

So far the police have arrested nine persons in connection with the October death, including one Ravi Chopra - an alleged drug supplier, his associate Ankush Sharma, five NIT students, a BEd student from some other institute, and one more person.

Two were held for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and for violating sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, while the rest were held under several sections of the NDPS Act.  

Senior BJP leader and former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal had earlier termed it as a shocking incident and expressed concern over the growing drug abuse in the state.

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