B-Tech student ends life, kin allege ragging

While the warden has been arrested, the police have yet to take any action against any others named in the FIR.

The deceased’s father has alleged in his complaint that his son, Kalpit Tyagi, a resident of Bijore district, took the step after prolonged ragging, but the police have not mentioned ragging in their FIR. They have instead charged the accused with abetment to suicide.

“We have arrested the chief warden and our investigation is going on. Ragging sections will be included in the FIR if we find proper evidence in our investigation,” Surendra Nath of Partapur police station told The Sunday Express.

The institute’s registrar K P Singh said, “A few days ago, Tyagi and a group of students had an altercation and we told both sides that they will face dire consequences if they did not mend their ways. This was all done in the presence of his (Tyagi’s) father and we have a written undertaking from both sides that nothing like this will happen again. There is no question of ragging in the institute.”

Meanwhile, students of the institute have alleged that they could have saved Tyagi, who hanged himself from the ceiling fan, had there been medical assistance available. He was taken to a private hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.

On Friday, before the incident occurred, Tyagi’s father Sanjeev Kumar had met school authorities to broker a peace agreement between Tyagi and the group of students who allegedly physically tortured him. Kumar, a medical representative, said the authorities forced him to sign a mutual consent letter which stated that both groups have agreed that there would not be any physical torture from either side.