Kota: City police have registered a murder case against the principal of Kota Govt Medical College, a hostel warden and two MBBS students following directions from the State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST Commission). The case relates to the death of Sunil Bairwa, a 28-year-old third-year MBBS student, who was found hanging in the college’s hostel room in March this year.The accused include Dr Sangeeta Saxena, the college principal, an unidentified hostel warden, and two MBBS students – Adarsh Fojdar and Sandeep. The case has been registered under different sections of BNS and the SC/ST Act at the Mahaveer Nagar police station.The development comes after the deceased student’s father filed a plea with both state and national SC/ST commissions, alleging his son was murdered. According to the father’s complaint, the college administration denied his son permission to appear for examinations and was allegedly harassed by the warden and two fellow students. Initially, police treated the case as a suicide and registered it under section 194 of BNSS. However, following the commission’s intervention, the investigation has now been elevated to a murder case and transferred to the Deputy Superintendent of Police of the area.Circle Inspector Ramesh Kavia of Mahaveer Nagar police station confirmed that while preliminary evidence suggested suicide, a fresh investigation would be conducted under the new charges.
