Thiruvananthapuram : The judicial commission that was constituted by Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan to probe into the lapses in preventing the alleged ragging in the university men’s hostel that led to Sidharthan’s death has indicated lapses on the part of the former Vice Chancellor of the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) MR Saseendranath and the dean MK Narayanan.
The report mentioned that the former Vice Chancellor of the university MR Saseendranath did not take time-bound actions following the death J S Sidharthan. Former High Court judge A Hari Prasad led the inquiry commission. The report was submitted to the Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. The Judicial Commission probed into the lapses of the former VC MR Saseendranath and Dean M K Narayanan in preventing the alleged ragging in the university men’s hostel that led to Sidharthan’s death.
“In the present case, the Commission does not find any reason to connect the incident of cruelty meted out to Sidharthan to student politics. Therefore the Commission does not find that political activity on the campus was the main reason for the unfortunate incident. Nonetheless, political activism on the campus, that too by one organisation with the strength of external support could be a reason to downplay the gravity of the offence and to provide help to the accused and shield them from the clutches of law, ” the report read.
Sidharthan’s father Jayaprakash welcomed the judicial commission’s observations. Former VC PC Saseendran wa ousted from the post after the governor revoked his order reinstating 33 students who were suspended over Sidharthan’s death. Dr K S Anil was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of KVASU following this.
Second-year student of Bachelor in Veterinary Sciences (BVSc) JS Sidharthan was found dead on February 18, after allegedly being subjected to brutal ragging and mob trials. The postmortem revealed that he was subjected to brutal torture and was denied food for many days. In its charge-sheet the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said the brutal torture by the accused led to the youth’s death.
The death of Sidharthan has led to violence in many parts of the state by the opposition parties – the Congress and the BJP where the youth organizations held marches demanding a CBI probe that turned violent in many parts. Following the incident, the CPI(M) leadership had refuted the allegation that the accused were members of the SFI and that the matter had nothing to do with politics. However, the report also indicate towards the involvement of a student wing of a political party who is believed to have involved in the matter.
Governor Arif Mohammed Khan had suspended the Vice Chancellor and had constituted a judicial commission to the investigate the matter.
The judicial commission that was constituted by Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan to probe into the lapses in preventing the alleged ragging in the university men’s hostel that led to Sidharthan’s death has indicated lapses on the part of the former Vice Chancellor of the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) MR Saseendranath and the dean MK Narayanan. Kerala States News India: Top News India, States News, States News Headlines, Online State News India, State Politics news
