Justice for Mudasir Kamran
From the petition submitted by the Struggle Committee for Justice for Mudasir Kamran to President Pranab Mukherjee on 15-Mar 2013 :
- Mudasir’s suicide is an event that has shaken the entire student community of EFLU. We have been protesting for the past ten days, but the Vice-Chancellor has refused to address any of our concerns. The entire student community boycotted classes for more than a week.
- Mudasir was taken to the Osmania University Police Station detained for some time on the night prior to his unfortunate suicide. There is ample evidence to show that the University Proctor made statements questioning Mudasir’s mental stability and also abused him in front of other students. In a meeting with the students that has been videographed, the Vice-Chancellor has also conceded that the Proctor had a role to play in this, although she along with the police is trying to shield him now.
- Students who were with Mudasir after his release from the police station report that Mudasir was crying inconsolably all through that night and the next day as he was mentally tormented at the abuse and insult that he suffered from the University Proctor and the police. The next day evening he was seen hanging in his room. We are sorry to say that there was no effort made by the University officials or administration to counsel Mudasir or to take any steps to ensure that nothing untoward happened to him.
- Although an FIR u/S. 306 of IPC is registered against the Proctor (for abetment of suicide) in the Osmania University Police station following the complaint lodged by a group of students, no action has been taken by the police. Instead of investigating the circumstances that led to Mudasir’s death, the Vice-Chancellor, in collusion with the police has been actively campaigning against Mudasir in order to cover up the lapses on the part of the University administration. The Vice-Chancellor also brushed aside the student’s legitimate demand that the Proctor should step down and that there should be an independent and impartial inquiry into the whole matter. We are sad to say that the conduct of the Vice-Chancellor after the event has not been becoming of the head of a Central University, where students from all over India who belong to various communities and regions come together to study.
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