B N College student succumbs to blast injuries, protest erupts in city
Patna:
student
, who was injured in bomb blasts on the campus on Tuesday, succumbed to his severe head injuries in his native Rohtas district on Thursday, triggering a protest by his fellow students back in Patna.
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Enraged students blocked Ashok Rajpath, where B N College is located in Patna, in protest, demanding strict action against the accused. Police, however, are yet to trace the accused.
One of the protesters, Ajay Kumar, said this incident has made it clear that the growing factionalism and violence among students on the college campuses can have serious consequences, "endangering our safety as well as affecting the academic environment".
Another student, Kushal, alleged that the college administration is equally responsible for Pandey's death. "Had they taken an action when a fight broke out on Monday itself, such an incident would not have happened," he said.
After the incident, however, security was tightened on the college campus, when police started an investigation into the matter. The college administration is also investigating the reasons behind this violence separately.
On Tuesday around 12.45pm, two groups clashed over some issue and hurled two bombs on the college campus, as students appeared for Certified Internal Auditor exam. After submitting his papers, Pandey was waiting for his friend in the veranda of the college, when he was hit by a bomb, which bounced back from a wall and the gate grill. He was first taken to nearby Patna Medical College and Hospital, where college principal Rajkishore Prasad met his family and offered financial help, which however, they denied.
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The family later admitted him to a private hospital in Kankarbagh, where he was put on ventilator support, and on Wednesday, the doctors declared him brain dead. Following this, his family took him to Rohtas, where he died on Thursday morning.
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