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Coimbatore engineering student beaten to death, five held
A 20-year-old engineering student, Amuthan, was beaten to death by fellow students near Coimbatore. Police have arrested five people, including a 17-year-old minor. The police claim the attack followed a dispute over…
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A 20-year-old engineering student, Amuthan, was beaten to death by fellow students near Coimbatore. Police have arrested five people, including a 17-year-old minor. The police claim the attack followed a dispute over a stolen mobile phone belonging to a person named Ilavarasan.
The victim's parents allege their son was murdered after tipping off police about drug trafficking on campus. DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin has further alleged that police interrogated Amuthan two days before his death and then tipped off the drug sellers he named. The college management says Amuthan and another student were suspended on July 24 for assaulting a cook, and that it had no knowledge they were still in the area. The investigation is ongoing.
The Indian Opinion
Partisan voices are already spinning this tragedy. The family and the Opposition claim the police tipped off drug peddlers after the victim complained. The police cite a stolen phone; the college says a hostel assault led to suspension. None of these stories need be the full truth. Until the investigation produces a clear chain of events, phone ownership records, the cook's statement, and the timeline of any police contacts, everyone is guessing. Will the chargesheet name a single, coherent motive, or will it hedge?
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