Congress leader and Member of Parliament from Wayanad Rahul Gandhi has written to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan demanding a CBI enquiry into the death of J.S. Sidharth, the student of College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Pookkode, Wayanad, who was allegedly tortured at the college hostel by students of the college.
In his letter, Mr. Gandhi termed Sidharth’s death as “institutional murder”. Mr. Gandhi said Sidharth’s tragic death after days of gruesome torture had shocked the collective conscience of all. The blood-curdling details emerging about the inhumane torture that he underwent was a reminder that the failure of an institution tasked to protect students could result in a grave tragedy, he said.
