UoH Students Demand Independent Probe After Mayukh Kundu’s Death
Contested campus harassment claims plus police references to a purported suicide note have prompted student groups to call for an outside fact‑finding inquiry
Overview
- Student organisations say a group of students linked to ABVP and members of the ABVP‑led students’ union confronted and allegedly detained and assaulted first‑year student Mayukh Kundu on the night of May 17.
- Police reported that Kundu entered a campus pond on May 18 and his body was recovered on May 19, and police have cited allegations about two stolen laptops and a purported suicide note in their inquiry.
- On May 21 several unions formally demanded a time‑bound independent fact‑finding committee, compensation to the family, an official apology and reforms including accessible counselling and crisis response systems.
- ABVP‑HCU has denied involvement and condemned politicisation while the university issued a May 18 circular warning against campus intimidation and the registrar posted condolences.
- Investigations are ongoing with no public independent panel announced and police have not filed abetment charges so far, leaving competing accounts unresolved and raising calls for external scrutiny and clearer campus safeguards.