Pune: The fact-finding committee appointed
by Deccan Education Society`s (DES) Fergusson Law College here
to probe into allegations of ragging of a student who
committed suicide on January 25, has concluded that there was
no such incident involving the deceased when he stayed in the
hostel.
Even as college authorities submitted their report to
Vice Chancellor of Pune University and Maharashtra
government`s higher education department denying charges of
ragging levelled by parents of the student -- Prashant
Chitlkar, police on Wednesday said investigations into the case would
continue on the basis of the FIR filed at Rahuri in Ahmednagar
district where Prashant ended his life by jumping into a well.
The second-year law student at the college who was an
inmate of the hostel had taken the extreme step after going
back to his hometown Rahuri, allegedly due to torture he
suffered at the hands of his seniors.
According to DES authorities, the three-member
committee headed by college principal Rohini Honap, came to
the conclusion that the student had not made any complaint to
teachers, the hostel rector or his classmates and roommates
regarding ragging or even teasing of any kind during his stay
at the premises.
"We will, however, continue to cooperate with police
in their investigations," a DES spokesman added.
Police were on the look out for the four students
named in the complaint as they were absconding after their
names appeared in the media.
The student`s suicide had caused a flutter in
educational institutions in the city prompting Maharashtra
government to set up a high-power committee to suggest
stringent anti-ragging measures to be headed by the state
governor.
PTI
