IIT-K student’s death: Panel to submit probe report in 2 weeks

The committee,formed late on Thursday night,will include Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College Principal Anand Swaroop,head of IIT-K Mechanical Engineering Department Nalinaksh S Vyas,the institute’s counselling service convener and medical advisor. Sanjeev S Kashalkar,IIT-K Registrar,said: “We have included medical experts and senior faculty of the mechanical engineering department in our committee.”

The institute has received a letter from Rakesh’s father Vinay Kumar Thakur on Thursday. “A copy of the letter,along with Thakur’s medical reports,has been handed over to the committee,” said Kashalkar.

On Thursday,despite several attempts,Rakesh’s relatives could not meet IIT-K Director Sanjay Govind Dhande. “He was busy with official work,” said uncle Shristi Kumar.

On a complaint lodged by Rakesh’s family,Kanpur DIG Prem Prakash has instructed ASP (Kanpur West) Mohit Gupta to probe the matter. The statement of Rakesh’s father was recorded on Friday morning.

HC seeks replies from Centre,UP govt on Aman’s death

The Allahabad High Court has sought replies from the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government on a PIL regarding an eight-year-old boy,Aman,who died as he could not receive medical help on time due to security restrictions during the Prime Minister’s visit to IIT-Kanpur on July 3.

The Lucknow Bench,comprising Chief Justice Ferdino Inacio Rebello and Justice Devi Prasad Singh,has directed the governments to file their replies within four weeks. The PIL,filed by a local NGO,has sought that a well-equipped ambulance should be kept ready to meet any need of the common people when traffic restrictions are enforced during visits by VVIPs.

Aman’s mother Usha Sharma and father Tasdud Hussain had alleged that they were stopped from taking Aman — who sustained head injuries after falling from a height at their home — to hospital by security personnel,who had barricaded all major roads for the Prime Minister’s visit to IIT-Kanpur.

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