Kochi: The three-member sub-committee of the varsity Syndicate, constituted to enquire about the stampede deaths related to an event at the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) campus in November, has submitted its report before the vice-chancellor. The details in the report remain unknown at the moment. 

However, the development comes at a time when allegations against the constitution of the sub-committee are in the limelight. The committee was supposed to submit the report by December 1, but it was prolonged. It is learned that the report was deliberated in the Syndicate meeting held on Wednesday.

Four people were killed and 60 injured in the stampede that took place before renowned singer Nikita Gandhi was to perform at a musical festival in the open-air auditorium of CUSAT.

A plea reached the Kerala High Court seeking a judicial inquiry into the incident. The court observed that the incident was clearly due to "some failure" and "should never have happened". The cause of the incident must be found out so that measures can be put in place to prevent such incidents from happening, it said.

The authorities of the university had specific duties and responsibilities, particularly when congregations of students were to occur within the campus. The role of the police and security personnel also will, therefore, have to be looked into, not for this case alone, but as a guideline for the future, lest such accidents happen again, which is unthinkable," the court said. The observations by the court came on a plea seeking a judicial inquiry into the incident. The court declined to order a judicial inquiry after the state government said that certain inquiries have already been commenced by the official agencies and the university. "This court will certainly require details of such inquiries," Justice Ramachandran said.