Posted by E J J Hitler Chennai, Dec 22 - A first year engineering student of S K R Engineering College at Poonamalle committed suicide on Sunday evening after he was humiliated According to the police, Mohan Karthik, 19, a first year Electronics and Communication Engineering student, committed suicide on Sunday Investigations revealed that Karthik committed suicide after he was forced to bathe in his own urine, police said. "Karthik, who is from Gudiwada district in Andhra Pradesh, was found hanging from the window grill of his room by two other hostel students. Karthik was ragged by two third year students - K V Barghav Kumar and Venu Madhava Reddy - in the hostel. They forced him to urinate in a bucket and ordered to him to bathe in it," said a Poonamalle police officer. The police said Karthik informed his parents in Andhra Pradesh about the treatment meted out to him. The parents promptly complained to the college authorities. Following Karthik's death, his parents lodged a complaint with the Poonamalle "Investigations revealed that the college did not take any punitive action against the two third year students. So we filed a case under Sections 4 and 7 of the TNPRA, 1997, and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code and arrested the college managing director K Ramdoss and Barghav Kumar," said a Poonamalle officer.
on December 24, 2004, 2:02 am
Student forced to bathe in his own urine, commits suicide
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by his seniors, who allegedly made him bathe in his own urine.
The college's managing director and one of the students involved in the incident were arrested on Monday evening under the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Ragging Act and on the charge of abetting the suicide of the student.
evening by hanging himself from the window grill of his hostel room using a towel.
police that the college, which failed to take any action despite their complaint, was responsible for their son's death.
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