Ragging case: No arrests so far

Ragging case: No arrests so far

Express News Service

Kolkata, July 12: No one has been arrested so far in connection with the alleged ragging of Ashumendra Pratap Singh, a first-year student at the Indian Institute of Hotel Management on June 24. Singh’s mates Amit, Rahul, Saurav Singh, Apurba Chowdhury, Shahbaz Afreen, Mathew and Biswajit who have been accused of beating him up and forcing him to consume alcohol on that day have also gone out of station without intimating police.
“They have gone to their respective homes as their classes are now suspended. They will be back on Monday,” said Soumitra Bose, the coordinator of the institute. He said that after Singh was taken away to Kanpur by his family members, police never came to the institute. They also did not have any idea about the FIR lodged by the members of Singh’s family. SDPO Bidhannagar Prasun Banerjee today said: “Our investigations are on. So far we did not find any evidence to establish these students’ involvement. We are yet to determine whether it was a case of ragging.” He said that no one would be arrested unless the allegations are proved. A senior police official of Bidhannagar North police station said that the family members also did not communicate with police after taking Singh away from here.

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