JU student death: Anti-ragging squad moots expulsion of 35 seniors

The death of the first year first-year undergraduate student of Jadavpur University (JU) in Kolkata, who allegedly fell from the second-floor balcony of the main boys’ hostel on the intervening night between August 9 and August 10, once again raised concern about ragging.

The anti-ragging squad of Jadavpur University has suggested expelling 35 senior students residing in the varsity hostel where a fresher died after falling from the third-floor balcony following ragging on August 10, an official said. The squad comprises teachers from different departments.

"The anti-ragging squad formed by the university administration after the death of the 17-year-old boy had been asked to take the final call about the ways to implement the internal probe panel’s recommendations on the expulsion of 35 senior students from the A2 block of the main hostel and a decision in this regard will be taken soon," said the official, as reported by The Print.

"The squad held them guilty of aiding or abetting of bullying of the fresher and misleading the university and investigators about the sequence of events following the fall of the boy and sticking to one narrative as decided at a general body meeting held immediately after the incident”, the official added.

The squad also supported another recommendation of the panel, to expel four senior students from the university for their alleged direct involvement in the ragging of the Bengali honours student leading to his fall from the balcony on October 9, the official said.

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