NIT Durgapur student found dead, students blame institute for academic pressure

Durgapur (West Bengal) [India], April 29 : A large number of students of the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur held protests in the college premises demanding resignation of the NIT Durgapur director over death of a second year mechanical engineering student.
Arpan Ghosh, a Student of the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur was found hanging inside his hostel room on Sunday afternoon.
Director of the institute, Arvind Choubey informed that it is a case of suicide and the police is conducting an investigation upon it.
"A suicide case happened and Police is conducting the investigation upon the case," said NIT Durgapur director Arvind Choubey.
Uproar erupted among fellow students, accusing the institution of academic pressure and neglect. A mega chaos erupted in the institute premises when large number of students gathered and raised slogans against the institution.
Students allege that they have been deprived of adequate study time and are subjected to consecutive examinations without respite, leading to extreme stress.
They claim that Arpan Ghosh's suicide is a direct consequence of this academic burden. Furthermore, students complain of inadequate medical facilities on campus, including the absence of an ambulance.
"Our friend committed suicide. He was pressurized because of the exams. In one day they are scheduling two papers that too without a study gap. He had three backlogs," claimed a second year old student.
"When we asked for ambulance, there was just one. Nobody came to his rescue, the students had to pick his body. When we were asking for an ambulance, they were asking for signatures and prescriptions. He was admitted in the ICU and he died," he added.
The students, staging a protest not only demanded justice for Arpan Ghosh but also confronted the college director, Arvind Choubey, with allegations of negligence. Tensions escalated as students engaged in a physical altercation with the college administration.