A 22-year-old pupil at Patna’s BN Faculty was crushed to dying by 10-15 males armed with sticks and bricks when he went to take an examination on the Sultanganj Legislation Faculty on Monday. The incident put town on edge, with protesters demanding justice for the youth.
“We acquired data that Harsh Raj, a third-year pupil of Vocational English at BN Faculty, had gone to Sultanganj Legislation Faculty yesterday to take an examination. In response to some college students there, 10-15 masked males got here and began beating him with sticks. Afterwards, Raj’s buddies took him to the PMCH emergency ward, the place he died throughout therapy. We’re questioning individuals, and a forensic workforce and canine squad are on the spot. Our technical workforce and officers from close by police stations, in addition to ASP (Metropolis), are wanting into the case. Based mostly on the proof, motion shall be taken,” Metropolis SP (East), Bharat Soni, advised reporters.
He mentioned the incident passed off “contained in the campus auditorium”. Whereas there is no such thing as a CCTV footage of the incident, police are movies shot by these current, he mentioned.
Requested in regards to the motive, Soni mentioned issues aren’t clear in the mean time. “However in keeping with his buddies and family, he was socially lively. Final Dussehra, at a school fest he organised, there was an argument. They are saying the crime could possibly be related to this. We’re additionally probing different angles,” he mentioned, including that it’s not clear who he bought into an argument with on the time.
He mentioned police acquired data that the sufferer was additionally assaulted with a brick, aside from sticks.
Posting an outdated picture of himself with the coed, Bihar’s Rural Works Division Minister wrote on X, “The information of the homicide of Harsh, a promising pupil of BN Faculty, is extraordinarily unhappy. This barbaric act can’t be condemned sufficient. I’m in contact with the native administration relating to this, and the culprits shall be arrested as quickly as doable. They won’t be spared. We stand with the bereaved household on this hour of grief.”
RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav mentioned that regulation and order had deteriorated because the NDA authorities got here to energy. “They don’t have any management on governance,” he mentioned.