Silchar NIT suspends five final semester students

way2barak, Silchar : In a major development, the authorities of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar have taken disciplinary action against five final semester engineering students for trashing a junior of the institute on March 31 this year. Additionally, six students have been rusticated from hostel and nine others have received warnings for being involved in the same incident.

“As per the warning letter all the above students are required to submit an undertaking that they will not involve themselves in any indisciplinary activities during their remaining period of stay at NIT Silchar on a non-judicial stamp paper of Rs.100/- in presence of a Notary Public within 15 days of publication of this notification. Otherwise, appropriate disciplinary action(s) including expulsion from the Institute may be imposed.
Moreover, all the above mentioned students are debarred from T&P coordinatorship, Gymkhana membership, and all other management roles in institutional activities during their remaining period of stay at NIT Silchar.
Parents/guardians of all the above mentioned students have been intimated about the incident,” written in the order copy.

The dean further wrote, “As per the warning letter all the above students are required to submit an undertaking that they will not involve themselves in any indisciplinary activities during their remaining period of stay at NIT Silchar on a non-judicial stamp paper of Rs.100/- in presence of a Notary Public within 15 days of publication of this notification. Otherwise, appropriate disciplinary action(s) including expulsion from the Institute may be imposed.”

On March 31, a fourth semester student, Siddhant Paitya and his classmate were allegedly trashed by a group of eighth semester students inside the campus following a verbal exchange.

Paitya was rushed to Silchar Medical College and Hospitals (SMCH) in critical condition immediately. A day later he lodged an FIR against 18 seniors at Ghungoor Police Outpost with the help of his family members.

Police registered a case against the accused under several sections of Indian Penal Code and launched an investigation.

Cachar Police Superintendent Numal Mahatta informed that based on the FIR, investigation into the issue is in progress.

“Academic suspension for the current semester has been imposed on Sparsh Munakhia, Mehul Dewangan, Prafful Chauhan, Yogesh Kakodia and Vishwajeet Niranjan Kant. They are debarred from the hostel for that period and a warning letter to be issued,” the dean wrote.

For six students namely Abhijit Kalita, Biki Das, Sourav Jyoti Deka, Rishav Anand, Subham Srivastava, the dean wrote, “They are debarred from the hostel for the current semester with immediate effect and a warning letter to be issued.”

Warning letter will also be issued against Naman Tyagi, Satyabrata Borah, Dhritman Das, Subradeep Gogo, Yash Tripathy, Vivek Singh, Prateek Vij, Susmit Gupta and Arunangshu Roy. Another student named Robin Paul has been debarred from the hostel for one month with immediate effect and a warning letter has been issued.