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Protest in Srinagar after engineering student commits suicide 11/17/2015 11:47:52 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Nov 17: A group of students today staged a demonstration here, demanding justice to the family of a 17-year-old engineering student, who allegedly committed suicide after being declared 'failed' in an examination that he eventually passed on re-evaluation four months after his death. Mohammad Adnan Hilal, a first semester student of electronic engineering at Government Polytechnic College, here, drowned in Jhelum after he jumped into the river on June 18, on the day he was declared 'failed' in his Physics paper the examination of which was conducted by Jammu and Kashmir State Board of Technical Education (JKSBOTE). However, his father Hilal Ahmad Gilkar applied for re-evaluation of his son's Physics answer paper - the result of which revealed that the boy had actually secured 48 marks in the subject and not 28 as declared earlier. He had also secured around 70 per cent aggregate marks in the first semester of the course. "How Adnan's parents get justice," the banner and placards carried by the students read. Meanwhile, Technical Education Minister Imran Reza Ansari took to twitter and promised action in the case. "Have been following this case. Personally apologise to Hilal's family. Action already underway. I can't bring back Hilal but I assure you that will leave no stone unturned that no youth is forced to take such a drastic step," Ansari said.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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