The accidental and mysterious death of Anurag Jha, a second year student of five year integrated M A English programme, on the Sunday night of 28 February 2010 led various interpretations and ramifications because the real cause is still shrouded. The various newspapers, both in English and Telugu, have proved his death a suicide case. But this can be discreetly understood as the way out for the EFL University, where Anurag was student, to wash its hands from further complications. But this cannot be taken for granted. Because the lacalized newspapers like 'Dainik Jagran', 'Hindustan' published from around Sahibganj, Jharkhand (Anurag was the native of Sahibganj) termed his death as murder due to academic jealously and rivalry as his father tried to prove through various evidences.
Here, on the campus of the EFL University, Hyderabad, the situations were different. The jubilation of Holi festival was entirely extinguished and the campus wore a sombre look for days. But a handful of insensitive and heartless people played colours by defying the decorum of unstated mourning. One of the gay activists who is also a teacher at an IIT, tried to prove Anurag a gay through his sense of dressing. This is the most pervertive manner to project such rubbish image of a talented and genuis chap.
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