IIT-Kanpur student ‘stabbed’ by seniors over jumping music concert queue
The concert -- featuring famous Bollywood music director duo Salim-Sulaiman -- was held as part of annual cultural festival Antaragini.
KANPUR A student of the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur was allegedly stabbed by three of his seniors after an argument broke out between them over jumping the queue of students at a music concert on Sunday evening.
The concert -- featuring famous Bollywood music director duo Salim-Sulaiman -- was held as part of annual cultural festival Antaragini. The victim student Aman Meena has accused three students in the FIR lodged with the Kalyanpur police. Meena has said that he sustained a serious injury in his thumb during the attack.
Sharing further details, ACP Kalyanpur Vikas Pandey said that the FIR has been registered under section 324 of the IPC (causing injury) against three identified students -- Varun Dev, Adarsh, and Dinesh Ram. “Police have begun investigation into the incident. The institute has also been approached in this context,” said the senior cop.
Meena was part of the group that was assisting to maintain order during the concert. The three seniors were allegedly trying to force their way in and when Meena stopped them, they attacked him with a knife, according to the FIR.
When asked about the matter, IIT Kanpur officials said that one of the three accused was carrying a sugarcane and not the knife. The injury was caused as the complainant grabbed the cane and the others yanked it with force. The institute would fully cooperate with the probe, they added.
