Congress student activist in custody for attempted murder at Kochi’s Maharaja’s College

Maharaja’s College was shut down indefinitely over the attack on Thursday.

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The attack

According to the FIR, Nasar was attacked inside the campus late on Wednesday night by activists of the KSU and Fraternity Movement, the students’ wing of the Welfare Party.

This was allegedly in response to the SFI leader’s protest against them regarding another incident inside the college.

A case was registered against 14 KSU and Fraternity activists and five other students in this regard, police said.

According to the FIR, the accused came with the intention of attacking and killing the victim.

“The accused threatened to kill Nasar after blocking him near the chemistry lab inside the campus and hacked him with a dagger all over the body multiple times,” it said.

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Assistant professor stabbed

Meanwhile, a case has been registered against a student of Maharajas College for allegedly stabbing an Assistant Professor inside the campus following an argument over the suspension of a fellow student, police said on Thursday.

Nizamuddin KM, working as an Assistant Professor with the Research Department of Arabic at Maharaja’s College, lodged a complaint with the police in Kochi alleging that he was stabbed by Mohammed Rashid with a knife on Wednesday.

According to the complainant, the accused had argued with him at the department over the suspension of another student.

In a fit of rage, the student stabbed him with a sharp object from behind.

(With PTI inputs)