Dharamshala student's death: Medical board report expected by January 19
Dharamshala, Jan. 13 -- The medical board constituted to review the treatment and medical circumstances related to the death of 19-year-old girl of a Dharamshala college on December 26, is expected to submit its report by January 19, police officials aware of the matter said.
The board, constituted last week at Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda in Kangra, has doctors from various departments including one doctor from AIIMS Bilaspur. The board members are already reviewing the treatment summaries submitted to them by the police.
The victim received treatment from several hospitals before her death. The treatment summaries of the victim from hospitals in Pathankot, Ludhiana, Dharamshala, Kangra and Palampur were obtained for thorough medical analysis, to ascertain the cause of death, police said.
Police officers, aware of the details, earlier had said that the woman's death on December 26 was not immediately reported, and her last rites were subsequently performed without any autopsy. Meanwhile, Dharamshala court extended the interim anticipatory bail to accused teacher in the case. Earlier the teacher was granted bail on January 3 and the court had directed him to join the probe into the matter.
On January 1, on a complaint filed by the victim's father, three students of a government college were booked on charges of ragging while a professor was booked for sexual harassment. The father alleged that the accused "levelled casteist remarks" at his daughter, even as college authorities maintained that no complaint was submitted before her death. htc...
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