By Syed Zainulabedin, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: In an effort to pacify hundreds of students who were protesting on the death of a Kashmiri student of English and Foreign Language University (EFFLU), the Osmania University Police last night registered a case against the University Proctor Harsh Vijra for abetment of suicide.
29 year old Kashmiri Ph.D student of the University Mudassir Kamran hanged himself in his hostel room of the EFFLU on Saturday night. A native of Pulwama district of Kashmir, he was interrogated by the police earlier following a complaint by his roommate Wasim Saleem, a native of Pune, Maharashtra, with whom he allegedly had a quarrel.
It has been alleged that instead settling the dispute between two roommates, the Proctor made Wasim file a case against Kamran.
Students of the EFFLU went to police station and got Mudassir Kamran released but he was upset and eventually hanged himself. His body was found by one of his close friend Sandeep Patil and he reported the matter to the police.
As soon as the news of Kamran’s death in the University campus hundreds of student gathered in front of the Vice Chancellor’s office and demanded action against the Proctor. Director General of Police (Law and Order) S.A. Huda, Commissioner of Hyderabad Police Anurag Sharma reached the campus and assured the students that action will be taken against the guilty people.
Vice Chancellor Sunaina Singh said that she will constitute a committee to probe the matter. She visited the Gandhi Hospital mortuary and made the arrangements to send the body of Mudassir Kamran to his native place Pulwama district in Kashmir.
She denied that Mudassir was discriminated on the basis of region. But many of his friends say that he was targeted for his role in arranging a protest against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Anurag Sharma said police will look in to this angle too. He said Mudassir Kamran was questioned about the dispute he had with his roommate and let off him to go.
The death of Mudassir Kamran set off fresh tensions in Kashmir as there were rumors that Mudassir has been tortured by the Hyderabad Police.