In a shocking incident, a student of the Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital here was found hanging inside his hostel room Saturday night.
The deceased was identified as Nihar Ranjan Rout, a resident of Soro in Baleswar district who was pursuing his 3rd year in MBBS at the college.
The family members rushed to the hostel after getting information from Nihar’s friends, only to see the body of their ward hanging in his room.
Alleging that Nihar has been murdered, the family members lodged a complaint against the college authority at the Mancheswar police station claiming that their ward was being pressurised by the college to pay money to compensate for the poor marks he had obtained in the recently concluded exams.
“We had received a letter from the college to pay money. They used to torture Nihar and also threatened him that they would not allow him to appear in the examination,” alleged Nihar’s uncle.
However, the college authorities have refuted the allegations levelled by Nihar’s family. Hi-tech Medical College and Hospital CEO Bhisma Rath stated, “Poor results and attendance could be the possible reasons behind Nihar committing suicide. This apart, college fees amounting to Rs 8 lakh was pending against him and we had informed his family about this. It might be due to the pressure of the family that he took such a step.”
Meanwhile, police have recovered the body and sent it for postmortem while further investigation in connection with the incident is on, sources added.