Bengaluru college under lens for abetting student's suicide

Bengaluru | Thursday | 24th October, 2019

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By IANSBENGALURU: Investigation has been initiated against a privately-run college for allegedly abetting the suicide of a harassed student, the police said on Wednesday. An inquiry has been initiated into the death of one of its students, Sri Harsha, who allegedly committed suicide on Monday by jumping from the seventh floor of a college building, Ishan Pant, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Bengaluru south-east, told IANS. "Some students told the school's disciplinary enquiry committee members that Harsha was one of the students who removed the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras," Pant said. While quizzing Harsha, a committee member had threatened to expel him from the college and withdraw his placement with a multinational firm from campus recruitment recently. Pant admitted that the police were finding it difficult to control the agitating students and investigate the case on the campus..