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Tragic Trends: Another Student Suicide at KIIT Sparks Concerns
Preliminary investigations link the death to alleged harassment related to a relationship; this is the third student suicide at KIIT University this year, officials said.
- On Sunday night, Rahul Yadav , a first-year BTech student at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University, was found dead in his hostel room and taken to KIMS Hospital where he was declared dead.
- Preliminary inquiry links the case to an alleged relationship and related harassment, with Nirmala Yadav alleging threats by the girl's family and a case registered against the girl's father, mother, and brother.
- After police were alerted following 10 pm on Sunday, investigators examined the locked hostel room where the youth was found hanging from a ceiling fan using a cloth; his roommates were absent, and a forensics team seized digital devices.
- ACP Sonali Singh Parmar said a case of unnatural death was registered and a thorough probe launched, while KIIT University authorities refused immediate comment but will issue a statement soon.
- This year, a fact-finding panel said KIIT administration's actions 'amounted to criminal liability' after earlier student deaths, with the UGC asking for explanations in July.
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