A second-year mechanical engineering student of a private college in Avadi hanged himself at his Korattur home on Wednesday evening.
Police said he took the extreme step because his college — Vel Tech Multi Tech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College — abruptly gave him a transfer certificate due to his poor performance in exams.
Korattur police identified the student as Jayakar (19), a resident of Bharati Nagar in Korattur. His father Ravi is a paan seller while his mother died many years ago. On Wednesday evening, he returned home from college and locked himself in his room. His cousin knocked on the door around 5.30 p.m. but there was no response. Finally some people in the house broke open the door and found Jayakar hanging from the ceiling with a sari.
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Jayakar's father told The Hindu that he realised the reason behind his son's suicide only when he found the TC in his son's backpack. “I was aware that he had arrears in some subjects but the college should have informed me before giving him his TC. The college authorities, including the principal, have acted irresponsibly,” he added. He later lodged a complaint against the college administration with the Korattur police, which first registered a case under Section 174 of CrPC (unnatural death) and later altered it to Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of IPC.
College officials declined to comment on the suicide. No arrests were made until late on Thursday evening.
As the news of Jayakar's death spread in his college, more than 100 students staged a protest near Avadi market on Thursday morning, demanding immediate police action against the management and the principal. One of his classmates who was part of the agitation, said that Jayakar, after receiving the TC on Wednesday, left the college without saying a word to anyone. “He had around 16 arrears but there are other students with even more arrears. He had four more semesters to clear them,” the classmate said.
Students said that Jayakar was one of the students asked to report to college to collect hall tickets, but were handed TCs instead. Their exams begin on Monday.
The Directorate of Technical Education has written to the college, asking for a report on why the TC was issued without consulting the parents or Anna University to which it is affiliated. “TCs can never be issued by affiliated colleges without the consent of the university. It is an unfair practice that It will cost the college dearly if found to be true,” said a senior official at DTE.
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