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'''Sudipto Gupta''' was a 22-year-old student who died on 2 April 2013 while in police custody following his arrest at a demonstration in [[Kolkata]], [[India]].<br />
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Sudipto was a student of [[political science]] at [[Rabindra Bharati University]], and a state committee member in the [[Students' Federation of India]] (SFI), the student wing of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. He was injured while being transported to jail by bus. Police claim that he was hanging his head out of the window and hit a lamppost, while students maintain, he was beaten by police. The bus driver was arrested and charged with negligent driving.<ref name="ndtv">{{cite web|title=Thousands gather in Kolkata for Sudipto Gupta, student who died|url=http://www.ndtv.com/kolkata-news/thousands-gather-in-kolkata-for-sudipto-gupta-student-who-died-517952|publisher=NDTV|accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref> When Sudipto hit a lamp-post, one police hit him just above the nose, on his forehead with a baton and he fell down. His eyes bulged out and his eyes and nose were bleeding profusely.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/amrabampanthikgp/videos/797645144466170/</ref><br />
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Post mortem examination found multiple injuries on his body, heart, lung and brain, along with internal bleeding and [[pulmonary contusion]] consistent with assault.<ref name="ie">{{cite web|last1=Sengupta|first1=Sulagna|title=SFI student leader Sudipto Gupta beaten to death, shows post mortem report|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sfi-student-leader-sudipto-gupta-beaten-to-death-shows-post-mortem-report/1097459/|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=12 August 2016|date=4 April 2013}}</ref> However, a magisterial inquiry ruled out any role or negligence of the police in the death stating it was caused due to an accident.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kundu|first1=Indrajit|title=SFI leader Sudipto Gupta death case: Bengal government gives clean chit to Kolkata Police|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sfi-sudipto-gupta-death-case-kolkata-police-west-bengal-government-presidency-jail/1/326262.html|website=India Today|publisher=Living Media India Limited|accessdate=13 August 2016|date=November 23, 2013}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:2013 deaths]]<br />
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