West Bengal: Days after Jadavpur University student’s death, CM Mamata Banerjee blames ‘Marxists’

Four days after a first-year student at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University died on campus, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that Marxists were responsible for the incident, The Hindu reported.

The student, Swapnadip Kundu, fell off the balcony of a hostel building at the university on the night of August 9. He was taken to a hospital, but died in the early hours of August 10.

Kundu’s family members alleged that he had been subjected to ragging by his seniors. The police have arrested three persons in the case – an ex-student at the university named Sourabh Chowdhury and second-year students Deepshekhar Dutta and Manotosh Ghosh, according to NDTV.

On Monday, Banerjee mentioned a telephone conversation with Kundu’s father, and said that he had asked her to ensure justice. “Who are these people [involved in the incident]?” she asked at a public meeting. “They are Marxists. Now they have been allying with the Bharatiya Janata Party, earlier they were working with the Congress.”

The Trinamool Congress chief alleged that a group of Marxists had blocked the installation of close-circuit television cameras on campus.

The employees’ association of the university held a protest inside the university premises on Monday. The protest, which was backed by the Trinamool Congress, reportedly targeted the university’s student union in connection...

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