JNU scholar's death: Case of abetment to suicide registered

A senior police official said that a case is registered as a case of abetment to suicide in JNU student Muthu Krishnan death case

New Delhi, Mar 15: Two days after a 28-year-old Dalit student of Jawaharlal Nehru University allegedly hanged himself at his friend's house in south Delhi's Munirka, a case of abetment to suicide was registered on Wednesday.

The deceased Muthu Krishnan, who had named himself 'Krish Rajini' on Facebook, allegedly hanged himself at his South Korean friend's house in Munirka using a blanket on March 13.

"We have registered a case of abetment to suicide and the relevant section of The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and the Scheduled Tribes (STs) Prevention of Atrocities (PoA) Act. The case has been registered against unknown persons," said a senior police officer.

The Dalit research scholar's body was taken for post-mortem to the AIIMS on Tuesday and the premier hospital had constituted a five-member board to conduct the autopsy and issued direction for videography of the procedure that is being carried out on Wednesday.

The student's father had said that his son cannot commit suicide and had demanded a CBI probe. "My son cannot commit suicide. He was very strong and confident. We want a CBI probe to be conducted and actual reason behind his death be revealed," said Jeevanandam, Krishnan's father.

He had also demanded registration of an FIR under the SC/ST Act. Muthu Krishnan was an M.Phil student at JNU's Centre for Historical studies and was at the forefront of a students' movement following Rohith Vemula's suicide.

PTI