Kerala college stampede: Principal, 2 teachers booked

Four people were killed and 60 injured in the stampede at Cochin University of Science and Technology last year. Pic/Twitter

Kerala police have arraigned the former principal and two teachers of the school of engineering at CUSAT in connection with the stampede that happened during an annual tech festival in November last year.

A senior police official told PTI that section 304 A of the IPC (causing death by negligence) has been invoked against Deepak Kumar Sahu, the former principal of the school of engineering and two teachers of CUSAT.

Four people were killed and 60 were injured in the stampede that occurred before renowned singer Nikita Gandhi was to perform at a musical festival in the open-air auditorium of CUSAT.

Police said the former principal and some of the teachers were booked after a probe which revealed that there were grave lapses on their part. Police have also submitted a detailed report in a local court mentioning the lapses.

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