Overview

• Investigators said preliminary findings showed no evidence of foul play and they have held off filing an FIR based on the note’s claim that no one else was involved
• Sharda University stated that Shivam Kumar Dey had not re-registered after falling below the minimum CGPA, was offered summer and special exams, and received a reduced-fee re-admission option
• In his note dated August 7, the 24-year-old expressed a wish to donate his organs, urged a refund of unused fees and criticized India’s education system
• His family alleged that the university and hostel authorities failed to inform them of his prolonged absence despite his academic struggles
• The incident follows a July suicide at the same university that resulted in faculty arrests and has renewed calls for better campus mental health support