Dharamshala, Jan. 5 -- Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on late Saturday evening had a telephonic conversation with the family of a 19-year-old student of a government college in Dharamshala who died on December 26.

During the conversation, CM Sukhu offered his deepest sympathies to the bereaved family and assured that the state government was committed to a transparent, rigorous, and time-bound investigation. He also ensured that all those responsible are held accountable under the law.

On Thursday, based on a complaint filed by the victim's father, three students of the government college in Dharamshala were booked on charges of ragging while the professor was booked for sexual harassment. The father alleged that...