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Monday, May 20, 2013

2nd year student beaten to death, five taken into custody

GANGTOK, 19 May: A brawl at a restaurant here ended in the death of a 22 year old student last night and the arrest of five persons, led by one Gyurmey Wangchuk, 34, on charges of murder even as the police are on the lookout for a sixth, as yet unidentified, accused.
The victim, Rakshit Meena, was a second year student at SMIT, Majhitar, and was in Gangtok to celebrate the birthday of a friend when a vicious attack, allegedly led by Gyurmey Wangchuk and involving five others outside Café Live & Loud here on Tibet Road at around 1:30 a.m. on the intervening night of 18 and 19 May, left him dead.
The deceased was at the restaurant to celebrate the birthday of Arindam Parmar, also the main eye witness in the case, along with four friends. Although details of the incident are still rather sketchy, statements made by eyewitnesses suggest that the two groups exchanged some words inside the restaurant following which Gyurmey Wangchuk and his friends left the restaurant.
Arindam Parmar, while speaking to media persons today, stated that when he and Rakshit left the restaurant, they were set upon by Gyurmey Wangchuk and his friends who had been waiting outside for them. A vicious attack followed with Rakshit as the main target, and it was only when bouncers from Café Live & Loud rushed out that the attack stopped. Rakshit was unconscious by then.
His friends then rushed their injured and unconscious friend to the hospital. Their first stop at STNM Hospital, much closer to the place of the incident, ended futile because they were turned away, reportedly on the grounds that there were no free beds. When the victim was finally reached to Central Referral Hospital down at Tadong, he was pronounced brought dead.
The incident of a death following an assault was informed to the Sadar police, as required by law, by the MO, CRH.
The sequence of arrests began early this morning and by midday all five were behind bars. SP [East] Manoj Tewari informs that the arrests were made based on eyewitness accounts and footage taken from the mobile phones of the victim’s friends.

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