Anchalia's Death Covered In The Media.

British journalist, Onnik is keeping a close eye on the issue along with his Armenian colleague, Hasmik. Please visit Onnik's blog for detailed coverage on this issue. I quote from his latest report, Indian Students Carry On Protesting:

On Saturday the students walked to Republic square to hold a peaceful demonstration there. The Police and Red Berets were again there and looked pretty much tired. They were really surprised by the persistence of the Indians and other international students in attendance.

Indians say they will stay here until evening and will be back tomorrow, the day after that and every day until the rector resigns although they were less confident than two days ago, slightly confused and disorganized. Now, on the question of what they will do then if it doesn’t work, their response is that they don’t know. “We’ll see,” is the most frequent reply.

However, many students prefered to stay in their rooms instead of coming out to protest. Perhaps they had lost hope.

I must admit I'm very proud by the way those students have protested. It was through Onnik's blog that I got to know that The Telegraph has covered this issue.

The Indian embassy in Armenia had called up the family on Church Road here last evening to give them the news, said Pankaj, Prashant’s elder brother. “They said it was suicide, but we don’t believe it. We suspect he was murdered.”

“No official intimation has as yet come from the university even 24 hours after the incident,” he added.

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Pankaj and his family suspect that Prashant’s roommate in Armenia could have had a hand in his death.

“He (the roommate) had borrowed a few hundred dollars from my brother and did not return it. It’s quite likely that Prashant had an altercation with him over this. My brother was not the type to commit suicide,” Pankaj said.

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Prashant’s father Parasmal said his family has written to the President, the Prime Minister and the Lok Sabha Speaker asking them to intervene.

Let's hope this would work. Perhaps if more of the mainstream media players would cover up this news in details, the increasing awareness would pressurize the government to take some steps.

(Plea For Help From Indian Students In Armenia, Indian Students Protest In Yerevan, Armenia)