AIZAWL, April 2: Students
of NIT Mizoram today staged
a demonstration in front of the
campus at Chaltlang locality
here today over the death of a
student, allegedly due to “unhygienic”
food and water provided
in the hostel.
Devsharan Kumar, who was
in the first year of Bachelor’s
degree in Technology (BTech),
died on March 31 at Guwahati.
The students alleged that he had
fallen ill due to the bad quality
of food and water that was provided
in the institution’s hostel.
Kumar initially complained of
a throat infection but when his
symptoms got worse, he was
allowed to go on leave but was
immediately admitted to a hospital
in Guwahati on his way
home. Doctors admitted him to
the ICU unit where he was said
to have had a heart infection.
Students claim that they
had previously informed Institute
authorities about the absence
of any proper food facility
in the hostel six months
ago. They alleged that despite
their complaints, the authorities
took no measures to
change the situation.
The students further added
that Kumar had requested the
hostel warden, Ajmal Koya, for
medical leave as he did not feel
well enough to attend his midsemester
examinations but the
warden allegedly neither analysed
his condition nor gave him
permission to return home.
The students said that a
prestigious government-funded
institution that charges
around Rs 2 lakh per student
out of which Rs 36,000 is kept
aside for food, should provide
proper food and adequate
amenities to its students.
Mizo Zirlai Pawl today submitted
an FIR to Zonuam police
outpost demanding an inquiry
into the allegations that the student
died due to consumption
of unhygienic food and water.
The MZP highlighted the
NIT hostellers’ complaint in the
FIR, stating that the warden,
who is also a faculty, provides
poor quality food to the hostellers.
“We request you to initiate
an inquiry to find out if the allegations
of the hostellers are
true,” the FIR stated. -Assam Tribune
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