00:00Delhi police have registered a case of abetment to suicide against unknown persons in connection with the death by suicide
00:07of an IIT Delhi student.
00:09Officials say the case was registered as per Supreme Court guidelines on the same day the tragic incident occurred.
00:16And according to the police, a case of abetment to suicide was registered against unknown person as per Supreme Court
00:23guidelines on the same day the suicide occurred.
00:25And the investigation is still ongoing and according to the Supreme Court guidelines, if a student commits suicide in any
00:33educational institution, a case of abetment to suicide is registered against unknown persons and now an investigation is underway.
00:42So that's the latest that's coming in in the IIT Delhi alleged suicide case in which an MSc student had
00:51died by suicide by jumping off from the building.
00:55And now my colleague Himanshu Mishra is now joining us with more details on this.
01:00Himanshu, we have this knowledge that police have registered a case of abetment to suicide against unknown persons.
01:08And can you tell us about this?
01:11Look, this is a procedure and this is a guideline that when a student commits suicide by a student, there
01:20will be an investigation and FIR.
01:23So, this is a procedure and this is a guideline that when a student commits suicide by a student, there
01:33will be an investigation and FIR.
01:36So, this is a guideline that when the student commits suicide by a student, there will be an investigation and
01:51also there will be an investigation after him.
01:52so that the student can help in the campus or the way that the student can give the help of
01:59psychological help or any difficulty or difficulty.
02:04So, that's why this is the guideline and that's the guideline of the police.
02:13It's a new FIR.
02:15We also saw that the student's damage is going on inside the campus.
02:22Every day he was excited, the first two days, the damage is going on inside.
02:28We asked that the incident will not be prevented.
02:36The college was also sent to a mail.
02:57In fact, the protests at IIT Delhi over the death of the 31-year-old MSC physics student
03:05Rishikesh Kumar have also intensified.
03:08Students are demanding Rs. 1 crore in compensation.
03:11They are also demanding resignations of senior officials and an independent probe.
03:16IIT Delhi has announced an external inquiry, but students have rejected the response as inadequate and evasive.
03:23Here's a report.
03:30These are unusual visuals from IIT Delhi.
03:34A campus known for classrooms, laboratories and academic excellence is now witnessing protests and slogans of justice for Rishikesh.
03:45Yes! We want justice! We want justice!
03:48At the center of the protest is 31-year-old MSC physics student Rishikesh Kumar, who died by suicide on
03:55August 22.
03:58His family has alleged that the administration was alerted about his struggles, and that request for accommodation and academic support
04:07went unanswered.
04:37The
04:40Students are demanding one crore rupees as compensation for Rishikesh's family, resignation
04:47of senior student affairs officials, resignation of the physics department head and an independent
04:53investigation into his death.
05:11They are still not giving us the compensation and we are also demanding the resignation
05:20and they are even not giving us the resignation.
05:23They are insisting upon the investigation and also for the investigation the committee
05:29they have made, which is very biased.
05:31IIT Delhi has announced an inquiry.
05:33A five-member panel will probe the circumstances surrounding Rishikesh's death and submit its
05:40report within two weeks.
05:42The panel includes former Uttarakhandi GP Ashok Kumar and AIMS Psychiatry Head Professor
05:48Pratap Sharma, along with student representatives and the IIT Delhi Registrar.
05:53The institute has also announced financial assistance for the family, an Ormsworth person
05:59for student grievances and a new mentor system for students needing mental health support.
06:04But the demand for senior officials' resignations remains unattressed.
06:10Students have also rejected the administration's response as inadequate and evasive and so the
06:16protests continue.
06:18For these students, this is no longer just about one death.
06:22It is about whether one of India's premier institutions is truly listening to its students.
06:29When a student is struggling, who is listening?
06:33And when students say they raise the alarm, who will be held accountable?
06:38Vidhan Mool Bali, Bureau Report, India Today.
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