Deepu Sebastian EdmondTags : National Institute of Immunology, Linesh Mohan Gawli, ACP Vijay Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityPosted: Tue Apr 19 2011, 01:35 hrsNew Delhi:
The death of a PhD student at the National Institute of Immunology (NII), which police are treating as an unnatural death, on Monday led to protests and demands for an independent inquiry into the case.
Linesh Mohan Gawli, a 27-year-old Dalit from Dindori in Jabalpur, was found dead on Sunday. It is suspected that he took his own life by consuming poison.
“His room was locked from inside. As of now, it is a case of unnatural death. He had taken poison. We have sent the viscera for a chemical analysis to find out the exact cause of death. The report is awaited,” said Vijay Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (South).
A group of students from Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Indian Institute of Mass Communication protested outside the NII on Monday. They demanded an independent inquiry into the death of Gawli.
The students claimed this was the third such incident in as many years.
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