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Under the shadow of 2023 hostel death, another student files ragging complaint in Kolkata's Jadavpur University

Kolkata: Jadavpur University (JU) is embroiled in a fresh controversy after a second-year engineering student lodged a complaint against some students of the class of 2024, accusing them of ragging him inside the Union room earlier in August, media reports said.

Jadavpur University's action against ragging of dead first-year student pending even after a year

Kolkata/IBNS: As protests roiled Bengal over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Hospital, many are looking back in anger another incident- the tragic death of an 18-year-old student a year ago on the Jadavpur University campus. The death of the first-year student of JU by falling after facing severe ragging had triggered outrage across the state but not many are aware if justice was meted out to his parents yet. 

JU student death: Panel submits report, says victim was singled out for pre-planned ragging

Kolkata/IBNS: Jadavpur University's inquiry committee, formed to probe into the circumstances leading to the death of the first-year student, has stated that the victim was singled out for severe pre-planned ragging, which may have also included sexual abuse.

Calcutta High Court directs Jadavpur University to ensure eviction of former, passed-out students from hostels

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has directed the Jadavpur University (JU) authorities to ensure the eviction of all passed-out or former students or illegal occupants from the hostel rooms on campus within 24 hours, court sources said.

Kolkata: LoP Suvendu Adhikari alleges attack in Jadavpur University

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged that he was suddenly attacked by a group of unknown assailants when he visited Jadavpur University on Thursday to attend an event organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

Jadavpur University bans alcohol on premises, enforces valid ID cards for entry after student's death

Kolkata/IBNS: Days after the death of a first-year undergraduate student on the campus from alleged ragging in the hostel, Jadavpur University Thursday issued an order announcing new rules that would come into effect immediately. 

Jadavpur University incident: Kolkata Police summons Dean Rajat Roy again

Kolkata/UNI: The Kolkata Police on Thursday summoned again trouble-torn Jadavpur University's Dean of Students Rajat Roy to appear at its headquarters- Lalbazar- before the investigation officials after he failed to attend the first summon owing to confinement to his chamber by a group of students, who gheraoed him since Wednesday noon, official sources said.

Jadavpur University horror: Police arrest four more accused in undergraduate student's death

Kolkata: Police have arrested four more accused in connection with the death of a first-year student in Kolkata's Jadavpur student last week.

NHRC issues notice to Bengal govt, Jadavpur University over student's death allegedly due to ragging

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday issued notices to the West Bengal government and Registrar of Jadavpur University in Kolkata over the death of a first-year student allegedly due to ragging.

UGC seeks report from Jadavpur University over death of first-year student Swapnadip Kundu

Kolkata: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has sought a report from Jadavpur University (JU) over the mysterious death of a first-year undergraduate student.

Two more arrested in Jadavpur University student's death case

Kolkata/IBNS: The Kolkata Police have arrested two more boys in the alleged ragging and subsequent death of 18-year-old Jadavpur University student, Swapandeep Kundu, earlier this week. 

The horror story of Jadavpur University hostel: Another student narrates experience on Facebook

Kolkata/IBNS: A day after a first-year student who allegedly faced severe ragging fell to death in Kolkata's Jadavpur University triggering a statewide outrage, another fresher has come out with his claims of suffering that he said forced him to quit the prestigious institution.

Jadavpur University student's death: Police arrest former student

Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: A former student of Jadavpur University (JU), Sourav Chowdhury, was on Friday arrested in connection with the mysterious death of a first-year student, Swapnadeep Kundu, (18), who fell fatally from the hostel's second floor on the JU campus on midnight of Wednesday and succumbed to his multiple wounds at a city hospital early Thursday, official sources said.

Jadavpur University student's death: Police initiate murder case against 'unknown' persons, no arrest yet

Kolkata: The Kolkata Police have registered an FIR against 'unknown' persons on the basis of a complaint filed by the father of Jadavpur University student Swapnadip Kundu, who reportedly died after falling from the university's main hostel's balcony on Thursday.

Kolkata: Renowned academician Ananda Deb Mukherjee passes away

Kolkata/IBNS: Well-known Bengal academician and geologist, emeritus professor of Jadavpur University (JU) and former Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Vidyasagar University, Ananda Deb Mukherjee, who was diagnosed with Covid-19, died in a south Kolkata hospital on Thursday morning. He was 82.