Arunachal Student Found Dead With Rope Around Neck In Kerala, Minister Promises Detailed Probe

Kochi,
Aug
16
(PTI)
A
A u achal
P adesh
ative
studyi g
at
a
e gi ee i g
college
i
Kothama galam
ea
he e
has
bee
fou d
dead
i
the
oom
of
a
e ted
house,
police
said
o
Su day.

Highe
Educatio
Mi iste
Roji
M
Joh
told
epo te s
that
a
detailed
p obe
will
be
co ducted
i to
the
i cide t.

The
deceased
was
ide tified
as
Michi
Ma pu
(20),
of
Naha lagu
i
the
Papum
Pa e
dist ict
of
A u achal
P adesh,
a
B
Tech
stude t
at
MA
College
of
E gi ee i g,
Kothama galam.

Acco di g
to
police,
Ma pu
was
fou d
lyi g
o
the
floo
with
a
ope
tied
a ou d
his
eck
at
the
e ted
house
whe e
he
lived
with
his
college
mates
at
Kozhipilly
ea
Kothama galam
o
Satu day
eve i g.

Though
he
was
ushed
to
the
Kothama galam
Taluk
Hospital,
docto s
decla ed
him
dead,
police
said.

Police
suspect
that
Ma pu
had
attempted
to
ha g
himself
f om
the
oof
of
the
oom,
but
the
ope
b oke,
followi g
which
he
was
fou d
lyi g
o
the
floo .

A
th ee-page
suicide
ote,
w itte
i
E glish
a d
Hi di,
was
also
ecove ed
f om
his
oom,
police
said.
Howeve ,
the e
was
o
immediate
i fo matio .

Police
said
Ma pu
may
have
take
the
ext eme
step,
fea i g
he
would
lose
a
yea
due
to
a
low
academic
c edit
sco e.

Howeve ,
a
detailed
p obe
is
equi ed
to
asce tai
the
ci cumsta ces
leadi g
to
his
death,
police
said.

Stude ts
at
the
college
have
decided
to
stage
a
p otest,
allegi g
that
the
mi imum
c edit
equi eme t
at
the
college
is
highe
tha
at
othe
e gi ee i g
colleges
i
the
state.

SFI
a d
KSU
leade s
at
the
college
told
epo te s
that
as
the
i stitutio
follows
a
auto omous
scheme,
it
has
set
the
mi imum
c edit
equi eme t
at
22
c edits,
compa ed
to
18
i
those
affiliated
to
Ke ala
Tech ological
U ive sity
(KTU).

They
said
that
eve
afte
the
yea -back
system
was
suspe ded
by
KTU,
it
is
still
impleme ted
at
MA
College
of
E gi ee i g.

The e
was
o
immediate
eactio
f om
the
college.

Police
said
the
postmo tem
would
be
co ducted
afte
the
elatives
of
the
deceased
each
Kothama galam.

Kothama galam
police
have
egiste ed
a
case
of
u atu al
death
a d
a e
co ducti g
a
i vestigatio .

Mea while,
mi iste
Joh
said
the
death
of
the
stude t
was
a
u fo tu ate
i cide t
a d
assu ed
that
a
p ope
i vestigatio
would
be
co ducted.

“I
a y
case,
a
stude t
committi g
suicide
i
this
ma e
is
deeply
u fo tu ate.
A
p ope
i vestigatio
will
be
co ducted
i to
this.
At
the
depa tme t
level,
I
will
co tact
the
u ive sity
a d
officially
equest
them
to
co duct
a
i qui y
i to
the
matte ,”
he
told
epo te s.

Joh
said
he
had
al eady
co tacted
the
Dist ict
Police
Chief.

“The
police
have
egiste ed
a
case,
a d
the
deceased
stude t’s
family
membe s
will
a ive
today.
I
thei
p ese ce,
i quest
p ocedu es
a d
the
post-mo tem
will
be
completed,
a d
the
police
will
co duct
a
tho ough
i vestigatio ,”
Joh
added.

He
said
the
stude t
had
epo tedly
bee
evicted
f om
the
hostel
a d
had
to
stay
i
a
payi g
guest
accommodatio
outside
the
campus
afte
bei g
affected
by
the
yea -back
system.

“It
is
epo ted
that
a ou d
20
stude ts
i
the
same
college
face
a
simila
yea -back
situatio .
This
di ectly
affects
the
futu e
of
these
stude ts”.

Whe
such
issues
a ise,
colleges
must
exe cise
g eate
ca e
i
ha dli g
you g
stude ts,
Joh
said.

“If
the e
a e
such
stude ts,
colleges
should
p ovide
cou selli g,
co tact
thei
pa e ts,
b ief
thei
families,
a d
take
all
ecessa y
p ecautio s
to
p eve t
stude ts
f om
bei g
pushed
i to
such
t agic
situatio s,”
he
said.

Joh
said
the
yea -back
system
was
i t oduced
i
2024
du i g
the
p evious
gove me t’s
te u e,
followi g
a
decisio
by
the
the
Boa d
of
Studies
of
KTU.

Acco di g
to
the
decisio ,
a
stude t
who
does
ot
ea
the
equi ed
c edits
i
the
fifth
semeste
would
be
placed
a
yea
back.

The
decisio
made
i
2024
was
to
be
impleme ted
i
2026.
Acco di gly,
it
came
i to
effect
this
yea
fo
stude ts
e te i g
the
fifth
semeste ,
he
said.

“Afte
this
gove me t
came
i to
powe ,
this
issue
was
b ought
to
ou
atte tio .
Afte
eco stitutio
of
the
Boa d
of
Studies,
the
Sy dicate
met,
a d
i
its
ve y
fi st
meeti g,
KTU
decided
to
postpo e
o
avoid
the
yea -back
system
fo
this
yea ,”
he
said.

Acco di g
to
that
decisio ,
all
colleges
u de
KTU
should
follow
the
system,
he
said.

Howeve ,
as
a
auto omous
college,
MA
College
of
E gi ee i g,
Kothama galam,
exe cised
the
autho ity
vested
with
its
Academic
Cou cil
a d
decided
to
co ti ue
with
the
yea -back
system,
the
mi iste
said.

“Stude ts
f om
that
college
had
co tacted
me,
a d
I
had
also
co tacted
the
college
admi ist atio
equesti g
a
e-exami atio
of
the
system.
Eve yo e
is
awa e
of
the
situatio
i
which
the
u ive sity
e-exami ed
it
a d
withd ew
it.
Howeve ,
the
college
was
ot
p epa ed
to
withd aw
it,”
Joh
said.

He
said
u ive sities
a d
colleges
have
auto omy
i
academic
matte s
a d
the
gove me t
does
ot
i te fe e
i
such
decisio s.

“Howeve ,
all
decisio s—whethe
by
the
u ive sity
o
colleges—must
keep
the
stude ts’
futu e
i
mi d,
e su i g
thei
life
a d
safety.
Decisio s
should
be
huma e,
taki g
i to
accou t
the
me tal
state
a d
age
of
the
stude ts,”
he
added.

He
said
the
yea -back
system
was
o igi ally
i t oduced
to
e su e
quality
a d
imp ove
the
pass
pe ce tage
i
colleges,
as
KTU’s
cu e t
pass
pe ce tage
is
close
to
o
below
60
pe
ce t.

He
said
that
complai ts
eceived
i dicated
that
stude ts
a d
pa e ts
we e
ot
clea ly
awa e
of
the
system
a d
that
the
commu icatio
had
ot
eached
them
p ope ly,
Joh
said.& bsp;

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