Jadavpur College Student Death: 6 More Held; Guv Calls For Emergency Meeting

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India]: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has called Jadavpur University authorities for an emergency meeting at Raj Bhavan in the wake of the death of a student of Jadavpur University in Kolkata on Wednesday evening.

Jadavpur University authorities were seen reaching Raj Bhavan in a minibus.
Earlier, a group of students and locals of Bagula village at Nadia held a protest in the morning over the death of a student. Protesters alleged ragging and demanded action in connection to the incident.

“We belong from the native place of the victim. We are here along with the guardian and teachers of the victim. We demand a ban on ragging in the entire country and strong action against the culprits,” one of the protestors said.

Another protester said that Swapnadeep belonged to Bagula village and we are protesting so that such an incident is not repeated in the future. He had been ill-treated at the University.

“Swapnadeep was a very bright and intelligent student. He never fought with anyone. We demand strict punishment against the culprits,” Utpal Biswas, head teacher at Bagula High School said.

Earlier in the day, more people were arrested in connection to the incident. With this, the total number of people arrested in the case has gone to nine, police said.

Multiple teams of Kolkata Police conducted operations overnight during which four people were arrested, an official said.

The arrested accused were identified as Md. Arif, a 3rd-year-student engineering student at Jadavpur University. Md. Asif Azmal- 4th year student of electrical engineering, and Ankan Sardar, a 3rd-year student of Civil engineering at Jadavpur University.

Simultaneously, raids were conducted by Kolkata Police at different places in Purbo Medinipur and South 24 Parganas last night to nab three more accused, they said. These arrested persons were identified as Asit Sardar, a former student of Jadavpur University, Saptak Kamilya, another ex-student of the university, and Suman Naskar, also a former student at the varsity. All three ex-students fled Kolkata after the incident, the police added.

Moreover, the sleuths said all six arrested persons were produced in court on Wednesday, officials said. Meanwhile, the Dean of Students and Registrar of Jadavpur University were also asked to meet the Joint CP Crime at Lalbazar, the officer added.

The first-year student of Jadavpur University, identified as Swarnodip Kundu, died after allegedly falling from the balcony of the university’s hostel on the night of August 9.