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Jadavpur University Death: Police Focus on 40 Seen Near Pond as Probe Widens

Detectives plan to question roughly 40 people captured on CCTV near the campus lake.

Overview

  • CCTV from September 11 shows about 40 individuals near the pond where third-year student Anamika Mondal was found unconscious and later declared dead.
  • Investigators aim to question those identified on the footage before Durga Puja as they review movements near a bathroom by the lakeside path.
  • The case is registered as murder following a complaint by the student's parents, though a post-mortem cited drowning as the preliminary cause.
  • Divers were deployed to search for missing belongings listed by the family, with one shoe recovered and plans to resume searches for her purse and spectacles.
  • Police questioned six students who said they did not know Mondal, and they are considering 3D mapping of the site while viscera tests assess possible alcohol intake.