A second-year M.Sc. student at IIT Delhi was found dead in his hostel room on October 22, with preliminary investigations pointing towards suicide by hanging. The student, identified as Kumar Yash from Deoghar, Jharkhand, was reportedly undergoing psychiatric treatment. Authorities are investigating the incident and have not yet found a suicide note.
Students at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) are grappling with a tragic death that occurred within a residence building on campus. Authorities are currently investigating the cause of death, with no definitive conclusions reached as of yet.
A 21-year-old student’s death at IIT Guwahati has triggered widespread protests, with students accusing the administration of negligence and insensitivity towards the student’s well-being. This incident marks the fourth student death at the institution this year, raising serious concerns about the campus’s mental health support systems.
A 13-year-old student was found dead in a private school hostel in Katihar, Bihar. While the police initially classified it as a suicide, the deceased’s family alleges murder, claiming the boy was humiliated and beaten before being hanged. The school administration denies the allegations and maintains it was a suicide.
Anurag Jaiswal, a first-year student at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, was found dead in his apartment on Saturday. He had attended a party in Vashi the previous night and was reportedly intoxicated. Police have ruled out ragging as a factor and are investigating the case as an accidental death.
An incident of extreme violence occurred in Patna, Bihar, where a mob fueled by anger set a school ablaze after the discovery of a student’s body on the school premises. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation, and authorities are awaiting further developments.
