Fathima Latif, a first year student of MA, humanities and development studies (integrated), who came from Kollam, Kerala, was found hanging in her hostel room at IIT-Madras on Saturday morning.
Three days after the death of a first year IIT-Madras student, allegedly in a case of suicide, her parents on Tuesday submitted a petition to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and sought the state government’s intervention in Tamil Nadu police’s investigation of the case.
Fathima Latif, a first year student of MA, humanities and development studies (integrated), who came from Kollam, Kerala, was found hanging in her hostel room at IIT-Madras on Saturday morning. Her teachers recalled Fathima as a brilliant student and a class topper.
While the police have registered a case of unnatural death (suicide) and said that no suicide note was found, her father Abdul Latif, who has also sent petitions to the Prime Minister seeking justice, mentioned a note purportedly written in her cellphone and naming one of the teachers. “The note names a professor and stated that he [name withheld] ‘is the cause of my death’,” Latif told The Indian Express.
The cellphone is in police custody.
The cellphone is in police custody.
The professor concerned was not available for a comment.
Umakant Dash, head of humanities department at IIT-Madras, said the entire department, including students and professors, were clueless how and why she died.
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