Amid student protests at IIT Delhi, police register abetment to suicide case over 31-year-old's death
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Amid two days of protests in the Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Delhi, the police have no registered an abetment to suicide case related to the death of a 31-year-old MSc student in the physics department.
Adding to this, Students have alleged that IIT Delhi failed to act and provide proper counselling to the student, who was allegedly going through a hard mental time after the death of his father. (X/@iitdelhi) On August 22, the student allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the sixth floor of the campus. According to preliminary report, the student entered the IIT Delhi campus through the main gate around 8am, went to the Lecture Hall Complex, where he took a lift to the sixth floor, where he allegedly jumped from the front side of the building.
Meanwhile, As per a reports, the police had earlier sated that no suicide note was found at the spot of the incident. However, the student's phone was taken for examination.
Notably, Officials also sought for counselling and other records of the MSc student from IIT Delhi.
As per the latest buzz, The 31-year-old's death sparked unrest at the IIT Delhi campus, triggering protests as students called for the resignation of the dean and associate dean of the Students Welfare Office and the head of the physics department.
In further updates, Students have alleged that the institution failed to act and provide proper counselling to the student, who was allegedly going through a hard mental time after the death of his father.
On top of that, Meanwhile, the deceased student's brother has also accused the institution of mistreatment and apathy.
In conversation with ANI over a phone call, he detailed the emotional sequence of events leading up to the death of his brother.
Source: Hindustan Times