Protest in Srinagar after Engg student commits suicide

A group of students today staged a demonstration here, demanding justice to the family of a 17-year-old engineering student, who allegedly committed suicide after being declared 'failed' in an examination that he eventually passed on re-evaluation four months after his death.
Mohammad Adnan Hilal, a first semester student of electronic engineering at Government Polytechnic College, here, drowned in Jhelum after he jumped into the river on June 18, on the day he was declared 'failed' in his Physics paper the examination of which was conducted by Jammu and Kashmir State Board of Technical Education (JKSBOTE).
However, his father Hilal Ahmad Gilkar applied for re-evaluation of his son's Physics answer paper - the result of which revealed that the boy had actually secured 48 marks in the subject and not 28 as declared earlier. He had also secured around 70 per cent aggregate marks in the first semester of the course.

"How Adnan's parents get justice," the banner and placards carried by the students read.
Meanwhile, Technical Education Minister Imran Reza Ansari took to twitter and promised action in the case.
"Have been following this case. Personally apologise to Hilal's family. Action already underway. I can't bring back Hilal but I assure you that will leave no stone unturned that no youth is forced to take such a drastic step," Ansari said.

He said this is a "grave human error" with a tragic outcome. "Won't rest till I get answers," he added.
The banners carried the picture of the deceased along with the marks sheets - both showing him failed and passed on the either side of his photo. Jammu and Kashmir Technical Board of Education "Killer or Helper"? was also written under the picture of the deceased.

Accompanied by parents and other relatives of the deceased, the students questioned the functioning of the department and the callous attitude of the evalvators.
"We are here for a change in the functioning of the department. They are ruining the careers of our wards and forcing them into committing suicides," one of the relatives of the deceased said, demanding a probe into the incident and fixing of responsibility to convey a strong message.
Some of the students also highlighted certain problems especially related to the examinations and wanted intervention of the concerned authorities.
"I have written all my papers during the examination but was declared absent," one of the protesting students claimed.