Following the death by suicide of a 20-year-old female student in Kerala’s Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, hundreds of students took out a protest against the college authorities, alleging them of mentally harassing her prior to her passing.
Sradha Satheesh, a student of food technology at the Amal Jyothi College of Engineering in Kanjirappally, died by suicide on the evening of Friday, June 2.
Sradha’s friends and family members have been alleging mental harassment by the authorities as the reason for her death.
The protesting students allege that the college authorities tried to hide the suicide attempt and took Sradha to hospital claiming that she had collapsed.
“She was upset after she came from the HoD’s room. She said she wanted to die,” a girl student told reporters.
“HoD, one teacher who seized the phone, and two other teachers are responsible for this death. The teachers are harassing the students in the name of internals. We have complained to the management numerous times,” the protesting students alleged, reports PTI news agency.
Amid rousing protests, the college management on Tuesday decided to close the campus indefinitely. The management also directed students to vacate the hostels after announcing the closure of the institution. But the agitated students refused to vacate the hostels and decided to continue the protest.
The agitated students have demanded to remove the hostel warden and head of the food technology department from their posts. They also demanded an immediate police action against the college.
SFI and Fraternity Movement members marched to the college and staged a sit-in protest seeking justice for Sradha.
