College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram student succumbs to injuries

THiRUVANANTHAPURAM: The College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, went through a mixture of melancholic and aggressive moments on Friday when the body of Thasni Basheer, who was killed in an accident a day earlier, was brought there. Thasni, 21, who was hit by a jeep driven by Onam revellers, was admitted to hospital with clots in the brain and had suffered a massive heart attack on Thursday evening.

She was declared dead around midnight and after an autopsy at the Medical College Hospital on Friday noon, the body was brought to the college.

After 30 minutes of tearful homage, the KSU and BJP activists staged a protest after Thasni’s body was taken to her home town at Vazhikkadavu near Nilambur. Thansi’s body will be buried by 10 a.m. on Saturday.

Soon after political leaders, including MLAs V. Sivankutty, K. Sabarinath and BJP secretary V. Surendran left the college; the activists barged into the principal’s office demanding his resignation.

The SFI men who had organised the Onam revelry were accused of murder and goondaism with men’s hostel as their hub. A team under DCP Sanjay Kumar dispersed the crowd.

Thansi, who passed her Plus-Two from Chennamangallur higher secondary school, had scored over 96 per cent marks and bagged the top rank to secure the seat in the elite engineering college. The soft-spoken girl was pursuing civil engineering when death came calling while she was on her way to the hostel.

She was the eldest daughter of Basheer, a driver in Qatar, and home maker Shaneja. She also leaves behind a sister and two brothers.

The police have launched a manhunt to find seventh semester Baiju of Kannur who was driving the vehicle at the time of the incident. Many of the revellers who were booked under section 307 for attempt to murder were absconding and reports say Baiju has been traced.