Cops scan video after ragging victim dies

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police is examining contents of a mobile phone that recorded shocking details behind the death of a 16-year-old boy after being allegedly ragged in a Visakhapatnam-based college hostel.

The mobie phone belongs to Shreyas Kesharwani, a Sambalpur-based first year student who was allegedly tortured and severely beaten up by three to four students of Sri Chaitanya College.

According to family members the deceased, the incident took place on December 26, 2017 and the hapless boy had recorded the ordeal he was meted out by his seniors on that fateful day in his mobile phone.

According to the video, where Shreyas was seen speaking about the torture in a choked voice. He is seen saying how his seniors thrashed him black and blue in the bathroom after he fell on the floor.

He was threatened not to reveal about the incident to anyone.

Though he brought the ragging incident to the notice of the college authorities, they reportedly did not take any steps in this regard, family members alleged.

“I informed vice principal of the college about my ordeal. He asked me to take leave and go home. He threatened me not to open my mouth,” the deceased is seen saying in the video. He also names one faculty member in the video.