Attack on IIT-Roorkee student: Five expelled, two suspended for year
Attack took place in Jan 2025Five Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee (IIT-R) students were expelled, while two were suspended for a year, following a January 2025 attack on one of their fellow students named Kishan Singh Kesari.In an incident that had rocked IIT-R, MTech student Kesari from Dhanbad was brutally assaulted near the campus on March 23, 2025.A group of students had allegedly attacked him with beer bottles, inflicting repeated blows to his head, which left him unconscious and critically injured.Following the attack, an FIR was filed under charges of attempted murder against five individuals, all of whom went into hiding.The incident triggered outrage on campus, especially since Kesari had earlier reported receiving threats. The institute had provided temporary security, but was unable to prevent the assault.According to reports, the animosity between Kesari and assailants stemmed from institution elections.In the months that followed, investigations revealed that the key accused, Nitin Pratap Singh—who had previously been expelled from IIT-R—remained at large, with police confirming in April that none of the accused had been apprehended.On May 7, the Students’ Affairs Council convened to deliberate on disciplinary measures. Based on their recommendations, seven students were penalised—five were terminated from the institution, while two first-year BTech students were suspended for a year.This comes a day after a second-year electrical engineering student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur was found dead on the campus under mysterious circumstances. The student, identified as Chandradip Pawar, was found dead on Monday night.For IIT Kharagpur, it was the second incident of an in-campus death of a student in the last four days.On July 18, the body of Ritam Mondal, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, was discovered under mysterious circumstances in his hostel room.After having dinner on Monday night, the student had consumed some medicine as per the doctor’s advice, the institute had told the local police. The tablet that he consumed, according to the local police sources, somehow got stuck in his trachea or windpipe, which ultimately resulted in his death.Pawar, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, was transferred to a hospital within the IIT Kharagpur campus. However, the doctors there declared him brought dead.(with inputs from syndicated feed)

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Attack took place in Jan 2025 |
Five Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee (IIT-R) students were expelled, while two were suspended for a year, following a January 2025 attack on one of their fellow students named Kishan Singh Kesari.
In an incident that had rocked IIT-R, MTech student Kesari from Dhanbad was brutally assaulted near the campus on March 23, 2025.
A group of students had allegedly attacked him with beer bottles, inflicting repeated blows to his head, which left him unconscious and critically injured.
Following the attack, an FIR was filed under charges of attempted murder against five individuals, all of whom went into hiding.
The incident triggered outrage on campus, especially since Kesari had earlier reported receiving threats. The institute had provided temporary security, but was unable to prevent the assault.
According to reports, the animosity between Kesari and assailants stemmed from institution elections.
In the months that followed, investigations revealed that the key accused, Nitin Pratap Singh—who had previously been expelled from IIT-R—remained at large, with police confirming in April that none of the accused had been apprehended.
On May 7, the Students’ Affairs Council convened to deliberate on disciplinary measures. Based on their recommendations, seven students were penalised—five were terminated from the institution, while two first-year BTech students were suspended for a year.
This comes a day after a second-year electrical engineering student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur was found dead on the campus under mysterious circumstances.
The student, identified as Chandradip Pawar, was found dead on Monday night.
For IIT Kharagpur, it was the second incident of an in-campus death of a student in the last four days.
On July 18, the body of Ritam Mondal, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, was discovered under mysterious circumstances in his hostel room.
After having dinner on Monday night, the student had consumed some medicine as per the doctor’s advice, the institute had told the local police. The tablet that he consumed, according to the local police sources, somehow got stuck in his trachea or windpipe, which ultimately resulted in his death.
Pawar, a resident of Madhya Pradesh, was transferred to a hospital within the IIT Kharagpur campus. However, the doctors there declared him brought dead.
(with inputs from syndicated feed)
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