Overview
- A first‑year IIIT Ranchi student was found hanging in his hostel room on Saturday night and died after being taken to hospital, according to police and student accounts.
- Students say emergency response failed: they allege the institute ambulance lacked a driver and oxygen kit, the lift and wardens were unavailable, and peers were blocked from giving CPR.
- Authorities have sent the body to RIMS for a post‑mortem, opened a police probe, and police officials have said preliminary inquiries link the death to examination pressure.
- Hundreds of students have staged multi‑day protests on campus demanding the director Rajeev/Rajiv Srivastava resign and that the institute be held accountable; police cleared a road near the hostel during the demonstrations.
- The National Human Rights Commission has indicated it will take cognisance and any inquiry is expected to examine the institute’s emergency readiness, staffing of wardens, and duty‑of‑care protocols for students.