Overview

• Sarthak Khanna, 22, fell from the second-floor balcony of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hostel on July 2 and was declared dead on arrival at the college hospital.
• Circle Officer Ramveer Singh has led the inquiry and so far detected no evidence of foul play in the student’s fall.
• Investigators have sent Khanna’s body for a detailed postmortem and are awaiting its findings to confirm the exact cause of death.
• Khanna’s father, an alumnus doctor of the same medical college, and his mother, a schoolteacher, have arrived in Jhansi and remain for updates on the investigation.
• The incident has renewed scrutiny of hostel maintenance and safety protocols at Maharani Laxmibai Medical College and other campus residences across northern India.