Sambalpur (Odisha), Jan 13 (PTI) A police team fromAndhra Pradesh today visited the house of a student inSambalpur district, who died allegedly due to ragging in acollege hostel in Vishakhapatnam and talked to his parentsThe team talked to ShreyasÂ’s Kesharwaini father,Sailesh Kesharwani and mother, Lakshmi Kesharwani at theirhouse in Garposh area, police said.
The team also talked to ShreyasÂ’s tuition teacher,Bandana Panigrahi. Shreyas had revealed about the incident andnames of the student, involved in the incident, before herteacher first, they said.
This apart, the team also discussed with one AsutoshKesharwani, who had video graphed SreyasÂ’s statement about theincident before his death.
Circle Inspector of PM Palem Police Station, K LaxmanMurthy said, as per the evidence available with us, Shreyaswas assaulted. Internal injuries have been found in thepost-mortem report, he said.
ShreyasÂ’s father, Sailesh Kesharwani said, the policeteam has assured us that the matter would be properlyinvestigated.
On December 26, some students of the hostel allegedlythrashed Shreyas severely. He suffered injuries and informedthe vice-principal of the institute about the incident, hisfather claimed.
Subsequently, Shreyas made a call to his father, twodays after the incident took place and said that he hadslipped in bathroom. He was brought back to home. But later,Shreyas complained of severe chest, legs and hands pain andsubsequently, narrated the whole incident before his family.
The family members rushed him to the IGH, Rourkela andlater shifted him to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar but hesuccumbed while undergoing treatment in Bhubaneswar on January7. PTI COR AAMRG.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.