Overview
- A first-year student, Aditya from Purnia, Bihar, was found unresponsive in his IIIT Ranchi hostel late Saturday night and was later declared dead at Medica Hospital after attempts at CPR.
- Fellow students say it took about 45 minutes to get him into an ambulance and that on-duty hostel and medical staff left the scene or were allegedly inebriated, claims now under investigation.
- The NHRC has taken cognisance of the case and said it will examine delays in treatment, administrative negligence, and the circumstances of the suspected suicide and may issue directions to police and the Ministry of Education.
- Ranchi police have opened a criminal inquiry, are examining the cause of death, and have informed the student’s family as investigators collect witness statements and other evidence.
- Students are protesting on campus over chronic gaps in basic medical and emergency facilities at IIIT Ranchi, a grievance that could prompt administrative or policy action if probes find systemic failures.