'Had CCTVs been there earlier my son would not have died'

As the process of installing CCTVS start in JU, father of the fresher, who died of ragging lamented the process for installation of CCTV cameras has started in Jadavpur University (JU) amid the recent ragging-related death of fresher on August 10, the victim's father has said that had this initiative been taken much before probably he and his wife would not have lost their minor son.

"It is a proven fact now that the students' hostel where the mishap took place had been a den of several immoral activities. Had the CCTV been installed there, the JU authorities would have been aware of the kind of mental harassment and ragging that fresher students like my son had to go through there. Probably I would not have lost my son had this initiative been taken before," said the father of the deceased boy to a section of the media persons.