College student injured in freak accident management booked by Kaggalipura police

Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar

The Kaggalipura police on Saturday registered an FIR against the college management after a 20-year-old student sustained injuries in a freak accident at the college campus on Saturday.

Based on the complaint by the injured student Abhishek K,the police charged the management of Dayananda Sagar ACademy of technology and Management charging them under section 338 (causing grievous hurt due to rash and negligent act to endanger human life)of the IPC.

The victim Abhishek was coming of the class room at around 10 am on Saturday when a wooden plank part of the centering work of the ceiling of the building crashed on him.

Abhishek fainted sustaining cut injuries on his head and two of his teeth were broken due to the impact.

The other students rushed him to a private hospital nearby after later shifted to Sagar hospital where he was being treated in ICU.

The management has undertaken construction work while the students were around,which amounts to negligence and endangering the lives of student, a senior officer, said .

We have summoned the administrative officials concerned seeking explanation based on which legal action will be initiated.