By AMIT BHELARI
A final year student was lynched on the Law College campus of Patna by more than 10 unidentified people using hockey sticks, iron rods, bricks and sticks under the Sultanganj police station on Monday, May 27, 2024.
The deceased Harsh Raj is an undergraduate student of Functional English Vocational Course studying in B.N. College. According to the police, as soon as he came out after taking the exams, more than 10 people attacked him near the auditorium of the Law College campus in which the 22-year-old student received a major head injury. He was taken to the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) where he was declared dead.
The deceased was a resident of Vaishali district and was staying in a rented house in the Boring Canal Road locality.
City Superintendent of Police (East), Patna, Bharat Soni on Tuesday said the main accused Chandan Yadav has been arrested.
“We have arrested Chandan Yadav, the main accused in the case. We have also identified the others who were involved in the crime. Continuous raids are being conducted by the Special Investigation Team to catch the absconders. We will not spare anyone in the case,“ said Mr. Soni.
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