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Criminal case against UAS Vice-Chancellor

Staff Reporter

Bangalore: A criminal case has been filed against University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) Vice-Chancellor P.G. Chengappa and three officials in connection with a student’s suicide.

J.K. Ramesh, a second year B.Sc student at Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra (GKVK), consumed poison on Wednesday and his classmates alleged that he was ill-treated by Dr. Chengappa, Dean Nanjappa and two hostel wardens.

The Yelahanka police have registered a criminal case against Dr. Chengappa, Dr. Nanjappa, hostel wardens Ramakrishna Parama and Brahma Prakash under Section 306 of Indian Penal Code.

“The victim’s father Jamdarappa has filed a complaint against the vice-chancellor and the three officials,” Sirigowri, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Yelahanka Sub-Division), told The Hindu here on Thursday.

Protest

Meanwhile, friends and relatives of the victim and activities of non-governmental organisations staged a demonstration in front of GKVK on Thursday demanding action against the accused officials saying Ramesh did not create a problem as was being portrayed by the university administration.

They alleged that the wardens forced Ramesh and other students to pose before camera with empty liquor bottles and extracted confession letters from the students that they had consumed liquor.

When the university reopened after vacation on June 16, the two wardens reportedly found empty liquor bottles in Ramesh’s friend’s room where Ramesh, a day scholar, was staying.

They brought this to the notice of the higher-ups and subsequently, a disciplinary committee was constituted to take action against Ramesh. The committee was to have met on Wednesday, but had not informed Ramesh’s parents about it, the classmates said.

SHRC complaint

On Thursday, a non-governmental organisation, SICHREM, filed a complaint with the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) and requested it to investigate the case.

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