A tragic incident unfolded on Saturday in Mumbai as Anurag Jaiswal, a first-year student at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), was found dead in his apartment. According to reports, Jaiswal, a student in the Human Resource program, had attended a party in Vashi the previous night and consumed a significant amount of alcohol.
Upon returning home, Jaiswal did not wake up on Saturday morning, prompting his roommates to rush him to the hospital. However, he could not be revived. The police, after investigating the incident, have ruled out the possibility of ragging being involved.
Initial reports suggested a potential connection to ragging, but after interviewing Jaiswal’s roommates, the police determined that his death was likely related to his state of health following the party. Jaiswal’s parents have been informed of the tragedy and have requested a postmortem to be conducted upon their arrival in Mumbai.
The police have filed an accidental death report and are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding Jaiswal’s passing.
TISS, in a statement released following the incident, expressed deep sorrow over the student’s death. They offered condolences to Jaiswal’s family and assured them of their support during this difficult time.
The tragic news comes just days after TISS banned the left-leaning Progressive Students Forum (PSF-TISS) for alleged activities that disrupted the institution’s functions and damaged its reputation. This decision sparked debate, with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), TISS’s ideological rival, expressing support for the ban and calling it a necessary step.
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences, established in 1936 as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work, has been a prominent institution for social work education and research. It was renamed TISS in 1944.
