IIT-BHU student dies in road accident near Nevada

VARANASI: Jitesh Jagir (22), a student of IIT Banaras Hindu University, was killed in a road accident near Nevada under Bhelupur police station on Saturday afternoon. Due to the ongoing strike of doctors at SSL Hospital of BHU he was referred to SPG Divisional Hospital where he was declared brought dead.
According to reports, Jitesh, a native of Jaipur in Rajsthan, was the students of IIT (civil engineering)-III at BHU.He dwelt in SC Dey hostel on the BHU campus. On Saturday afternoon he left the hostel on a motorcycle with an unidentified student. When they were passing through Nevada a speeding tractor heading towards city, violating the no-entry norms, hit his motorcycle.
After felling on road Jitesh suffered serious head injuries as he came under the rear wheel of tractor. His companion escaped while the erring driver of tractor also fled from the scene after the incident. Initially Jitesh was rushed to emergency ward of SSL Hospital where doctors expressed their inability to treat him due to the strike following he was taken to SPG Divisional Hospital. But, till then he had died.
On receiving information of the incident the administrative warden Dr D Tiwari, chairman counsel warden Dr Sunil Mohan and dean welfare Dr SK Sharma reached SPG Hospital after which the body was taken for postmortem. The IIT-BHU officials said that Jitesh's father SN Jagir and mother Neelam Jagir have been informed about the incident. They are expected here by late night or Sunday morning.