WB girl’s ‘suicide’: 4 held on charges of negligence

Visakhapatnam: Vizag police arrested four people, including the manager of Aakash Byju’s Visakhapatnam branch, and the owner of Sadhana ladies hostel in connection with the suspicious death of Riti Saha (17). Saha, from Kolkata, was undergoing NEET coaching at Achiver’s college under the supervision of Aakash Byju’s in Vizag city and stayed at Sadhana hostel in Dondaparthy locality. She fell from the third floor of her hostel building on the night of July 14 and she died in a private hospital two days later.Police initially registered a case under section 174 of CrPC (suspicious death) and later changed it to section 304 (II) of IPC after the girl’s parents alleged foul play and move the AP high court. The West Bengal government too stepped in and demanded a thorough probe. Police said negligence of the four people was a reason behind the Saha’s death. The arrested have been identified as Gannu Kumari (warden of Sadhana ladies hostel), Etcherla Surya Kumari (owner of Sadhana ladies hostels), Gundu Rajeswara Rao and Gangumalla Naga Venkata Durga Ravi Kanth (manager and asst manager, respetively, of Aakash Byju’s Vizag branch).