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Bengaluru Dental College Suspends Six as Police Probe Student’s Alleged Harassment and Suicide

A suicide note is with forensic experts for handwriting checks as investigators examine campus video evidence.

Overview

  • Police registered an abetment-to-suicide case naming six lecturers after a zero FIR filed at Suryanagar was transferred to Bommanahalli jurisdiction.
  • The Oxford Dental College said in a January 12 notice that six Oral Medicine and Radiology faculty members were suspended pending inquiry, even as some outlets reported dismissals.
  • The deceased, 23-year-old third-year student Yashaswini, was found dead at her Bengaluru residence on January 8, according to police.
  • A note attributed to her states no one should be blamed for her death, and it has been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for handwriting verification.
  • Her mother’s complaint alleges repeated humiliation by lecturers, including remarks about skin colour and clothing, denial of seminar participation and radiology casework, and students have held protests demanding accountability.