NIT Silchar Incident: Disciplinary Action Taken Against 20 Students

SILCHAR: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar authorities on Tuesday announced disciplinary action against at least 20 students for their alleged involvement in physically assaulting a junior in the institute.

Dean of Students Welfare in the institute, quoting the order, stated that following the approval of the competent authority they have placed five students under academic suspension for the current semester and debarred them from residing in the hostel for that period. Another five have been debarred from the hostel for the current semester and one more for a period of one month, with immediate effect of passing the order.

The order also stated that nine other students involved in the assault case will be issued warning letters.

The order went on to say, “The above mentioned students are debarred from training and placement (T&P) coordinatorship, Gymkhana membership and all other management roles in institutional activities during their remaining period of stay at NIT-Silchar.”

It is to be noted that, on March 31, a junior student of NIT Silchar was physically assaulted by some senior students of the institute. A fourth-semester engineering student, identified as Siddhant Paitya, was rushed to Silchar Medical College and Hospitals (SMCH) in critical condition.

Later, he lodged a first information report (FIR) against 18 seniors at Ghungoor Police Outpost with the help of his family members.

Paitya said that a section of seniors had hectored him on the basis of his mother tongue and the area he comes from. He added that, on the night of March 28, he stayed at the NIT campus and parked his car in front of Hostel-6 but the seniors intentionally damaged the car just to bully him.

Paitya’s mother said they witnessed severe cuts and injuries on his body. "It was a horrifying incident. The authorities should look into this carefully before something bigger happens," she said.

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