Overview
- Police identified the driver as Parmen M. Sangma, confirmed through a medical exam to have consumed alcohol, and remanded him to seven-day judicial custody after registering cases of drunk driving and attempted murder.
- The victims, Stephanie Shadap and Daritngen Ponduhkhei, were first treated at Shillong Civil Hospital and then shifted to the ICU at Nazareth Hospital, where both remain in critical condition.
- CCTV footage shows the Maruti 800 speeding near Gate-II on Monday evening before hitting the students from behind after striking a parked two-wheeler.
- NEHU said an FIR was filed, ordered an internal report, and urged the removal of graphic videos circulating online out of concern for the families' privacy and well-being.
- Government adviser Ampareen Lyngdoh visited the hospital and ensured activation of the students’ MHIS coverage, while the NEHU Students’ Union demanded speed breakers, stricter on-campus enforcement, and action against the driver and the security agency.