Kolkata Police have registered an FIR after 2019 Commonwealth Para Judo Champioship bronze medallist Buddhadeb Jana was allegedly assaulted in a ragging incident at Jadavpur College hostel by a former pupil final week.
A senior police officer mentioned 22-year-old Buddhadeb Jana, who’s visually impaired, has been learning on the College since 2020 and was allegedly assaulted and threatened by an inebriated former pupil on November 7.
Jana had received bronze for India within the Commonwealth Para Judo Championship at Birmingham in 2019.
He mentioned that one the day of the incident, he had gone to the New Block hostel to fulfill a pal and was on the lookout for a author who might assist him seem for an upcoming examination.
“The ex-student had come to the New Block hostel. Abruptly, he approached me asking my identify and got here too shut. As he was in an inebriated state, I simply requested him to step again. He acquired livid and tried to assault me, which I blocked with my hand. This infuriated him and he began pushing me, abusing me and threatening me. My pal rescued me and introduced me out,” Jana mentioned.
Jana later lodged a criticism with the vice chancellor of the college. Subsequently, the college authorities lodged a police criticism.
“Quickly after getting the criticism from the scholar, the college’s anti-ragging squad began a probe and positioned a report earlier than the anti-ragging committee, which then positioned it within the government council assembly. The chief council determined to lodge a police criticism,” mentioned Snehamanju Basu, registrar of the college.
Primarily based on the criticism, Kolkata Police registered a FIR in opposition to the accused below Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 341 (Punishment for wrongful restraint), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily inflicting harm), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace) and 506 (Punishment for felony intimidation).
“Investigation is happening,” mentioned a senior police officer of Kolkata Police’s south-suburban division.