Thursday 13th Feb 2025
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Jadavpur University student ragging-death: 13 booked under POCSO Act!

Jadavpur University student ragging-death: 13 booked under POCSO Act!

The Police have added POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses) Act in the case of student death in Jadavpur.

It is said that this section has been added against 13 people caught in the incident. Earlier, a case was registered against the accused on charges of murder and ragging. On August 9, a first year student’s body was found lying under the main hostel in Jadavpur.

Seeing the student’s body lying naked, the Police suspected that the student might have been sexually assaulted. The Police interrogated the arrested in that regard. A Police source hinted that POCSO may be added to the incident.

Sourav Chowdhury, the former of the university, was arrested first in the incident. It is known that he lived in the university hostel despite being a former student. Later, 12 others were arrested. It is known that they were in the hostel on the night of the incident. All are currently in jail custody.