UP college student death sparks protest, family alleges ragging and murder

Although initially considered a suspicious death, subsequent inquiries revealed that the death was due to an accident and resulted in the absconding of the suspect.

Ayurvedic Institute in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, a first year college student, was found dead after having mysterious circumstances. His family members, who were grieving, staged a protest.

According to a complaint by Vishal's family to the police, this incident was covered up as a tragic death and they were demanding a CBI probe into the death and supplying the police with all the facts regarding this incident, the news agency PTI reported. Ragging issues were also raised in the complaint by the family, which according to them, the authorities have not taken care of.

Received call about accident, later found Vishal dead

It was a Sunday night when the family received a call from a man named Monu. He told them that Vishal had met with an accident and that the injuries were minor, only to be surprised that the family was informed that Vishal had passed away and that his body was kept at the mortuary on their arrival in Saharanpur.

According to Arun, who is Vishal's brother, the dispute between Vishal and a few senior students of the college was due to a minor scuffle over a girl. He further claimed that they had intentions to hurt him.

In the FIR, Vishal's father stated that Vishal was riding a motorcycle along with two other students of the 2024 batch when the incident occurred. The incident, which was told as an accident, led to the death of Vishal, but the other two students received only minor injuries, his father reportedly said.

Raising suspicions about the claims of the college authorities, the family said that Vishal's phone was accessed before his death, allegedly to tamper with his call records and messages. Among the father and the most up front, he has named a few women students and a female teacher of the conspiracy of killing his son and also of trying that.

He said, in addition to sending the body for the post mortem, the investigation is also underway, " Akshay Sharma, Station House Officer, reportedly said.

At the same time, the management of the college has declined to comment on the matter until now. The family and relatives of the girl, who is suspected of having an affair with a teacher, went to the college campus on Monday and held a protest by blocking the road.

However, as a precaution, the authorities had deployed a heavy police force in and around the college campus, the report said.