: Amity University on Tuesday asked two of its faculty members to proceed on leave as it set up a six-member committee to probe the death of a law student whose family has accused college authorities of abetting suicide.
“To ensure a fair enquiry, two faculty members have been asked to proceed on leave till the probe is over,” said Amity spokesperson Savita Mehta.
Sushant Rohilla, a fourth-year student of BA (LLB), had last week allegedly committed suicide at his residence in south Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar.
Family members and friends of the 20-year-old student on Tuesday staged a protest outside the college alleging foul play on the part of its authorities.
The deceased, who was son of a joint secretary-level official in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, had been debarred from appearing in the sixth semester exams in May due to “shortage of attendance”.
According to his family, Sushant and 19 other students, who were not permitted to take the exams, were promised that they would be allowed to take the exams.
Volte-face?
“One month after the exam, the college authorities, however, sent him an email stating that he had been detained due to short attendance and that he should apply for readmission in the same semester. He had been under lot of pressure since,” said Mehak Rohilla, the deceased’s sister.
Amity authorities, however, denied having any role in Rohilla’s death, and expressed grief over the incident. “Rohilla had 43 per cent attendance, while IP University mandates that a student should have at least 75 per cent attendance. ,” Ms. Mehta said. -PTI
