Dalit scholar doing first-year MBBS course dies by suicide in UP’s Firozabad; kin alleges harassment
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A primary-year MBBS scholar, belonging to the Dalit neighborhood, died by suicide in his hostel room at Firozabad Medical College (Autonomous State Medical College Society) in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, reviews stated.
The 21-year-old scholar, Shailendra Kumar, hailing from Kaushalya Nagar in Firozabad, was discovered hanging in his hostel room.
Reports stated that the coed did not flip up for an examination on Saturday. His buddies went to his hostel room to examine why he had not appeared for the examination and located it locked from the within. They broke open the door and located him hanging. He was rushed to a hospital however to no avail.
The college students of the school blocked the National Highway close to the district hospital in Firozabad demanding justice for the sufferer. They accused the principal of the school, the hostel warden amongst others for abetting the suicide.
The scholar’s kin claimed that he was harassed by the school administration since he was a Dalit. The scholar had knowledgeable his mother and father a number of instances in regards to the harassment. The sufferer’s father, in keeping with a report, stated that his son was vocal in opposition to the school administration over irregularities and lack of fundamental amenities within the faculty. The faculty administration threatened to droop him. He was additionally not allowed to take a seat for the Physiology examination on Saturday morning. Shortly thereafter he resorted to the acute step.
The sufferer’s father was quoted in a report as saying that the school even refused to offer an ambulance to take his son to the hospital. Finally, he was taken on a motorbike.
Police have registered a case and are investigating.
A primary-year MBBS scholar, belonging to the Dalit neighborhood, died by suicide in his hostel room at Firozabad Medical College (Autonomous State Medical College Society) in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, reviews stated.
The 21-year-old scholar, Shailendra Kumar, hailing from Kaushalya Nagar in Firozabad, was discovered hanging in his hostel room.
Reports stated that the coed did not flip up for an examination on Saturday. His buddies went to his hostel room to examine why he had not appeared for the examination and located it locked from the within. They broke open the door and located him hanging. He was rushed to a hospital however to no avail.
The college students of the school blocked the National Highway close to the district hospital in Firozabad demanding justice for the sufferer. They accused the principal of the school, the hostel warden amongst others for abetting the suicide.
The scholar’s kin claimed that he was harassed by the school administration since he was a Dalit. The scholar had knowledgeable his mother and father a number of instances in regards to the harassment. The sufferer’s father, in keeping with a report, stated that his son was vocal in opposition to the school administration over irregularities and lack of fundamental amenities within the faculty. The faculty administration threatened to droop him. He was additionally not allowed to take a seat for the Physiology examination on Saturday morning. Shortly thereafter he resorted to the acute step.
The sufferer’s father was quoted in a report as saying that the school even refused to offer an ambulance to take his son to the hospital. Finally, he was taken on a motorbike.
Police have registered a case and are investigating.
