Ragging claims another life

Lucknow, Oct 17: Unable to cope with his daily ragging, another student ended his life by consuming poison in Pratapgarh, Sahara Samay sources said.

Amit, a first-year student of a polytechnic in Pratapgarh, died of alleged poisoning early on Tuesday.

Amit's wailing mother told that her son, who had gone back to his college a couple of days ago from his native place Unnao, had been constantly subject to ragging by his seniors.

The family of 22-year-old, who was studying mechanical engineering at the Government Polytechnic, filed a complaint with the police saying he had been killed by his seniors for going to the authorities against ragging.

On the other hand, the principal of the college has said that ragging is not the reason behind Amit taking the extreme step. He further said that he himself inspects hostel and college rooms from time to time to check ragging.

Meanwhile, police has lodged a case and is probing it.