Sradha Suicide Case: 10 Things To Know About Kerala Student's Death

The death of Sradha Satheesh second-year graduate student of the Amal Jyothi College of Engineering in Kerala's Kanjirappally has raised concerns regarding the rules imposed by private institutes on its students. The female student was allegedly distressed because of the administrative staff's harassment and decided to end her life.

The students of the college protested and marched to highlight the fault of the college staff and for the suicide case to be investigated properly. The college staff and protesting students recently had a meeting with R Bindu, Minister for Higher Education and V N Vasavan, Minister of Cooperation of Kerala.

The ministers assured the protesting students that they will ask the crime branch to investigate the death case and necessary action will be taken against the institute if found guilty. On ministers' assurance, the students halted their protest and are preparing to resume college on Monday. Here's everything you need to know about the case.

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Kerala Student Suicide Case: 10 Things To Know

1.20-year-old Sradha Satheesh was a second-year student of food technology at Kanjirappally's Amal Jyothi College of Engineering. The resident of Ernakulam was found hanging in her hostel room on June 2.

2. The students reportedly said that the institute staff took her to the hospital and told them that she fell unconscious. The students got to know it was a suicide when her death news came.

3. The authorities allegedly announced that the college will be closed for an indefinite time and ask the students to vacate the hostel immediately to which they refused.

4. The students claimed that Sradha killed herself because of harassment from her teachers. They accused a few staff members including the hostel warden and food technology department head and demanded their dismissal.

5. The students started protesting on campus and were later joined by members of the Students' Federation of India. The college allegedly asked the police to use force against the students to end the protest.

6. Kerala's education ministry took charge of the matter when things escalated. Minister R Bindu has reportedly said that an investigation team headed by the superintendent of police will be looking into the case.

7. The institute has allegedly said that they will not be taking any action against the students who were protesting. They were also told by Bindu to reopen the institute on Monday.

8. College has claimed that it will be working towards improving its internal grievance system. They have also offered to provide counselling to students if needed.

9. Minister R Bindu addressed the claims of harassment by college staff and said that moral policing and strict discipline in private institutes put students under a lot of pressure and asked colleges to not be so immature.

10. Meanwhile, the college authorities have said that they no nothing of the reason behind Sradha's decision of ending her life. The case has been registered and an investigation is under process.