Irked over batchmate's death,YCCE students create ruckus Angry over their batchmate's death due to the alleged negligence of the college and delay in calling ambulance to take him to a hospital, students of Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (YCCE) set the hostel warden's vehicle on fire and ransacked his office at Wanadongri off Hingna Road on Tuesday morning.
Students turned violent after they lost their friend Sitanshu Tiwari due to a severe asthmatic attack on Monday night. A native of Patna, Sitanshu (21) was a third year student of civil engineering and was staying at the hostel in the college campus.
Students alleged that the hostel warden showed no urgency in calling the college ambulance that caused Sitanshu's death, an asthma patient. Enraged after seeing their batchmate lose life, the students gave vent to their rage by creating ruckus. Around 11pm on Monday, Sitanshu suffered an asthmatic attack in his hostel room. Since his condition was getting serious, the students immediately informed hostel warden Ashok Wabgaonkar. One of the students said that Wabgaonkar initially said that he had called the ambulance. "However, when the ambulance did not reach even after fifteen minutes, I rushed to Wabgaonkar's office only to get the same reply," he said, adding that the ambulance did not come even after Sitanshu fainted. Students said that they had requested Wabgaonkar to give his four-wheeler parked on the premises, but to no avail. Students alleged that Wabgaonkar did not care to personally see Sitanshu's condition. However, sources said that Wabgaonkar thought that it was students' prank and even locked one of the rooms.
The ambulance finally reached at 11.40pm. Sitanshu was rushed to the nearby Lata Mangeshkar Hospital where he was declared brought dead. Students said that he was breathing in the vehicle but was declared dead after a few minutes in the hospital. They alleged that the ambulance meant for any emergency in the college was parked in the campus at a walking distance from the hostel. It should have taken not more than five minutes to reach the room. But the warden took the matter lightly and delayed calling the ambulance, claimed another student. Despite the college charging special fees for providing medical facilities, the ambulance was not made available in time that led to Sitanshu's death, the students claimed.
Panicked students not ready to accept their friend's death rushed Sitanshu to a private hospital but were told that he was no more.
"Had the warden taken the matter seriously, Sitanshu could have been saved," claimed students. After the doctors at Lata Mangeshkar Hospital asked to conduct postmortem, the police took Sitanshu's body to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
Sitanshu's death came as a shock to his parents, Dineshkumar, a senior clerk in the railways and Vidya.
MIDC police have registered a case of accidental death. However, students demanded that the cops should register a case of murder.
When college lecturers were contacted on Tuesday night, they said that they had no idea of the incident and refused to give the telephone numbers of their higher-ups.
From :- TOI
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