IIT death: Cops summon boy’s friend in suicide probe
Times of India | 15 June 2025
Kolkata / Kharagpur: The police from Kharagpur Town Station have summoned the girl from Delhi, with whom third-year civil engineering student Mohammed Asif Qamar was on a video call moments before his death, for questioning. The 22-year-old student was found hanging in his room in the Madan Mohan Malaviya (MMM) Hall on May 4."Since the girl has exams till the third week of June, she will be coming in the month-end," a police officer said.The girl had reportedly informed the IIT security officer about Qamar's drastic step and after he killed himself while on video call. The security officer got scared and asked about her location, to which she reportedly said that she was in Delhi and Qamar was on the ground floor of the MMM Hall.Qamar's death was the second in a fortnight after the death of fourth-year ocean engineering and naval architecture student Aniket Walkar on April 20. Aniket's brother, Sudeep Walkar, came down to Kharagpur and met the police officers on Friday. "There has been no progress in the case. The cops asked me about his academic record and if I suspected anyone. The cops have not been able to talk to any of his friends as the students are on summer vacation. They are waiting for classes to resume."Sudeep, on Saturday, planned to meet acting director Amit Patra or dean of student affairs Bhargab Maitra to ask about the committee that was inspecting the rise in the number of deaths on the campus. Aniket's brother and mother, on April 28, wrote to the Patra, seeking an independent probe into the recent suicides and deaths on the campus, prompting the institute to form a 10-member independent committee. comprising legal experts, counsellors, and academicians. "I texted the director, but he told me to get in touch with the dean of student affairs as he is in Varanasi. I sent a message to the dean, but he too is not in Kharagpur. He told me that the investigation is in process and he will update me," said Sudeep.
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