2 More Students Arrested In Jadavpur University Fresher Death Case

Two more people have been arrested in the Jadavpur University fresher death case. The total number of arrests in the case stands at 3. The reason behind the death is believed to be ragging,

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Two more people have been arrested in connection with the death case of a fresher at Kolkata's Jadavpur University. The Kolkata Police has identified both the arrested as Deepsekhar Dutta (19), a second-year student of Economics and Manotosh Ghosh (20), a second-year student of Sociology. This takes the total number of arrests to three so far. The person who was arrested prior to these two was identified as a former student of the University named Sourabh Chowdhury, reported ABP Ananda. 

A first-year Bengali (honours) student died after he fell from a second-floor balcony of Jadavpur University's main hostel in West Bengal's Kolkata. The 18-year-old student named Swapnadip Kundu hailed from Bagula in Nadia district and allegedly faced ragging at the university.

#UPDATE | Jadavpur University student death case: Two more arrested in connection with the case. Both the arrested people are identified as Deepsekhar Dutta(19), a student in 2nd year, Economics and Manotosh Ghosh (20), a student in 2nd Year, Sociology: Kolkata Police https://t.co/D9YVFvVzxI

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Kundu was rushed to the KPC Medical College, however, he succumbed to his injuries at 4:30 am. Governor of Bengal, CV Ananda Bose, who also serves as the university's Chancellor, visited the hostel to console the grief-struck father of the deceased. Bose assured him that decisive action would be taken against those who were responsible for his tragic death, PTI reported.

The incident occurred shortly after the first-year classes commenced. Another student from the same year said that his friend's death was linked to ragging which was allegedly done by a few senior students. According to the findings of the initial investigations, it was revealed that Kundu might have been subjected to bullying by senior students at the hostel. As per PTI, he called his mother around 9 pm on Wednesday while expressing his 'fears'. Soon after that call, his phone got switched off. This prompted the authorities to check his call records and also the phones of his roommates.

While awaiting the report of the post-mortem examination, police said that the evidence hinted at Kundu's mental distress which possibly stemmed from some seniors calling him names. Witnesses verified the findings of the police.