Mangalore: Engineering Student Ends Life over Alleged Harassment
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Update: 10.45 am
Mangalore, Apr 11: Sources in PA College of Engineering, where Mehnaz Ali, a student of second year allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday April 10, said that the reason behind her suicide was 'harassment' by the college authorities after it was found that she had gone to Goa with her friends without seeking permission from the hostel.
Last week the college had holidays for four days owing to festivals, and Mehnaz with her friends reportedly went to Goa. The college director learnt of it later through some pictures on Facebook, and reprimanded her and also informed her parents, who too reproached her, it is said. However, it is also said that the parents were aware of her Goa trip and had let her go.
It is said that the college director reprimanded her for several hours, and the girl threatened to commit suicide. Feeling mentally tortured, the girl ended her life, it is said. The matron too is said to have shouted at her the previous night.
Update: 10 pm
Mangalore, Apr 10: Following the alleged suicide of Mehnaz Ali, a student of P A College of Engineering (PACE), the angered students held an intense protest at the college campus demanding the dismissal of PACE campus director Udayan V.
Sources said that the management acted on the students' demands and dismissed the director. Only then did the students ended their protest.
Sources also said that the students damaged the college property. Police had to intervene and resort to lathi charge.
Students who assembled at K S Hegde hospital expressed their anger over not being allowed to see Mehnaaz.
Mehnaaz's parents, who stay abroad will be coming to the city on Wednesday April 11.
Earlier news:
A student of an engineeing college allegedly committed suicide here on Tuesday April 10.
The deceased has been identified as Mehnaz Ali, a second year student of PA Engineering College, Konaje near here. She was in the biotechnology batch.
She reportedly hanged herself at around 3 pm. As her room was locked, she went into another room and hanged by the ceiling fan. She was noticed entering the room, and sometime later was found hanging.
She was rushed to K S Hegde Hospital and slipped into coma, but was said to be responding to the treatment. At around 4.45 pm she breathed her last.
Though the exact reason is not yet known, sources said that alleged harassment by a lecturer in the college may have led her to take the extreme step.
Angered by the incident, students of the college have planned to organize a protest in the next few days.
A case is yet to be registered.
The College has declared a day's holiday on Wednesday April 11 to mourn her death.