Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) students created a ruckus at JP hospital after the death of a third year BE student. The victim died in a road accident near Chinar Park, when a bike he was riding collided with a stationary vehicle on Tuesday. The pillion rider sustained serious injuries in the accident.
According to the police, the victim Nitesh Ranjan and his friend Daljeet Singh hit their bike with a vehicle at Chinar Park. The victims were rushed to JP hospital where Nitesh was declared dead while Daljeet who was riding pillion on the bike was later referred to Narmada hospital.
The condition of Singh reportedly remains critical and he is kept under observation. As soon as the news of the accident reached MANIT campus a huge number of students gathered at the JP hospital premises and started protesting over the death of Nitesh.
After the death of the victim was confirmed, they started protesting in an agitating manner and were only pacified after the intervention of the police officials present at the spot who rushed to control the situation after receiving information of huge gathering and ruckus of MANIT students. Police said that at around 8 am when the two victims Nitesh Ranjan and Daljeet Singh reached near Chinar Park on their bike the bike collided with a BMC waste collection vehicle parked at road-side. The collision proved fatal for the student who was riding the bike while the other student sustained severe injuries and is critical.