Sangma suicide: Amity denies discrimination

May 04, 2012 17:22

With Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma pressing for CBI probe into the death of his niece Dana Sangma, Amity University today dismissed allegations that the student, who allegedly committed suicide after being caught with a mobile phone during an exam, was discriminated against.

The University strongly defended its action of asking Dana to leave the exam hall after she was found with a mobile phone inside the hall saying the same process would have been applied to any another student in such circumstances and suggested Dana may have taken the extreme step due to personal reasons.

Addressing a press conference here, authorities of the University's Gurgaon campus on the city outskirts, where Sangma was studying, said there is "feedback" that the girl was using her phone continuously for a few days, sometimes throughout the night before the incident and also she was seen crying.

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