more-inThe State Human Rights Commission has ordered a high-level probe into the alleged suicide of an engineering student in the city last month. Anu, eighth semester electrical engineering student of a private engineering college, had allegedly committed suicide at his home at Vattappara on March 22. Classmates’ plaintAccording to the complaint filed by his classmates with the Commission, he had committed suicide following a fake complaint on ragging against him and his friends, filed by a classmate. The complainants alleged that the classmate had filed the fake complaint, as he was scared of the repercussions of failing in the examinations. Before May 3Commission acting chairman P. Mohanadas has asked the Neyyattinkara Deputy Superintendent of Police to carry out the probe and submit a report before May 3.

Source: The Hindu April 13, 2018 19:07 UTC