Scared, Come Fast”: Jadavpur Student Told Mother Hour Before Fatal Fall

Kolkata: 

The student who died after falling from the second floor of a hostel in Kolkata’s Jadavpur University had called his mother barely an hour before the incident and told her he was scared. He had pleaded with his mother, who lives in a town 100 km away, to “come fast” and said he had lots to tell her. 

The family and a classmate have alleged that the 18-year-old was a victim of ragging. 

Swapnadip Kundu was a first-year undergraduate student of Bengali (Honours) and had fallen from the balcony of the main hostel building in the university around 11.45 pm on Wednesday. He was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead at 4.30 am on Thursday. 

“Swapnadip spoke to his mother on Wednesday evening. He told her he was not feeling good and was feeling scared. His mother asked him what had happened. He said, ‘You please come fast. I have lots of things to tell you’. Then she called him back, but the phone kept ringing and he did not pick up. About an hour later, his parents got a call asking them to go to Kolkata as their son had suffered a fall,” said Swapnadip’s uncle, Arup Kundu

“The body was completely covered but the doctor showed me a piece of paper which indicated injury marks on his body. How does this happen if it was not ragging,” Mr Kundu asked.