the mob went berserk when the first year electronics and telecommunications engineering students body was found floating in a campus pond sarthaks father and uncle debashish kundu rubbished earlier reports that he had died when he went to wash his hands and feet in the pond after a football match the cops started the murder probe after the boys father gautam lodged a complaint on monday with the belur police alleging murder the monks were aso held hostage for close to halfanhour the boys father gautam lodged a murder complaint with the belur police on monday alleging his son could not have drowned in the pond as he was a trained swimmer the mob had vandalized the ramakrishna mission rkm monks quarters and even held them hostage for abouit 30 minutes swami dibyananda secretary of ramkrishna mission shilpamandira and saradapith said a prayer meeting was held for sarthak on tuesday the howrah police have started a murder case to investigate the death of sarthak majumdar who was found dead in a college pond in belur on saturday my son was not a boarder and always came home for a wash after his football matches he also alleged that there were bloodstains on his body gautam also alleged that they were informed of sarthaks death after a long time he refused to comment on the investigation a mob had forced its way inside and ransacked the monks quarters meanwhile belur police spoke to the boys who last played with sarthak match referee bikash chowdhury those who rescued him and the security staff on duty at the college on saturday gautam demanded he could not have drowned in the pond as reports had suggested as he was a trained swimmer he added we only want an impartial probe that will bring out the truth swami dibyananda said his death had triggered unprecedented mob fury on campus some students at the college know the circumstances that led to my sons death alleging that he was murdered gautam added there were bloodstains on his hands back lips and ears a fresh inquiry under section 302 is being launched into the students death the students father has not made a complaint against anyone specifically he added sarthaks death had triggered unprecedented violence on the college campus late on saturday howrah police on tuesday started investigating the death of sarthak majumdar in ramakrishna mission shilpamandir polytechnic college belur on saturday as a murder case nishat pervez the dc headquarters of the howrah city police said a case of murder had been started based on gautams complaint sarthak a firstyear student of electronics and telecommunications engineering at ramakrishna mission shilpamandira had been found dead in a pond on campus sarthaks kin had not lodged a complaint but that did not stop the vandals the postmortem report has not been received yet the about 50strong crowd armed with iron rods and bottles demanded reasons for the students death and overran the garden smashed flower pots broke window panes