A 22-year-old first-year Bachelor of Dental Surgical procedure (BDS) pupil, Nithin Raj R.L, was discovered lifeless on April 10 after allegedly falling from a five-storey constructing on the campus of Anjarakandy Dental School in Kannur, Kerala, triggering critical allegations of school harassment, caste discrimination and pores and skin tone bias.

Nithin, a local of Nedumangad in Thiruvananthapuram district, was found critically injured on the school premises on Friday afternoon and was rushed to hospital, the place he was later declared lifeless. Chakkarakkal police have registered a case of unnatural dying and launched a probe into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

His household, who work as day by day wage labourers, alleged that Nithin had been going through sustained psychological harassment from the top of the division and different academics. They claimed he was repeatedly focused over his caste id and pores and skin tone. The household particularly accused the division head, Dr M Okay Ram, of threatening to chop his inner marks, an allegation that has intensified concern over the case.

The incident has additionally drawn the eye of the Kerala State Human Rights Fee, which has registered a suo motu case and directed police to submit an in depth report into the matter.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor posted on X, “Deeply anguished to study of the tragic dying of Nithin Raj, a younger BDS pupil from Thiruvananthapuram, at Kannur Dental School, Anjarakandy. Audio recordings now reveal what his household has lengthy alleged — relentless verbal abuse, casteist slurs, threats, and deliberate educational sabotage by school. A shiny younger life, extinguished by a poisonous campus.”

Nithin Raj’s physique was later dropped at his house in Thiruvananthapuram, the place he was cremated within the presence of grieving family, associates and native residents.

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