THRISSUR: The cyber cell recovered some voice and text messages of deceased student Jishnu Prannoy which indicate that the student of Nehru College of Engineering and Research, Pampady had tried to organise students to go against the decision of A P J Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) to conduct examinations in December.
The students of colleges under KTU were on strike during the period, and Jishnu allegedly took the initiative to lead the strike at Pampady which apparently angered the management.
Jishnu, a first year student of Nehru College of Engineering and Research Pampady, was found hanging at his college hostel in January. He was allegedly beaten and tortured by college management which could have led him to take the extreme step.
The cyber cell had recovered WhatsApp messages which were brought out on Monday. "After Jishnu's death on January 6, the special investigation team had sent his mobile phone for examination to the cyber cell," said Thrissur rural SP Vijaya Kumar.
Letters written by Jishnu to the Education Minister, Professor C Raveendranath, and KTU authorities asking them to intervene and postpone the examinations after Christmas vacation also came out on Monday.
Meanwhile, Mahija and Asokan, Jishnu’s parents, will start an indefinite strike in front of the DGP’s office in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday to protest the delay in arresting the accused. Earlier, they had withdrawn the strike as the DGP sought one more week to arrest the culprits. However, no arrest has been made yet.
Vijaya Kumar said police will issue a lookout notice for the accused, vice principal Sakthivel and Praveen, a teacher with Pampady College, at public places.
The Kerala High Court had granted anticipatory bail to Nehru group chairman P Krishnadas, the first accused in the case.