Overview
- Police and court records say that in October 2025 pledges were ordered to do hours of strenuous calisthenics and some were forced into an ice bath, behavior that investigators link to the injuries.
- Two pledges were hospitalized for multiple days and diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a serious muscle breakdown that can cause kidney damage if untreated.
- This week prosecutors filed charges against seven Phi Kappa Psi members, each with two Level 6 felony hazing counts, and charged chapter president Arjunkumar Patel with an additional Level 6 obstruction count.
- Indiana University placed the Phi Kappa Psi chapter on a cease-and-desist on Oct. 21, 2025 and the university says the suspension of chapter activities remains in place while investigations continue.
- The students have been summoned for court proceedings and, if convicted, Level 6 felonies carry reported maximum prison terms of about 2.5 years which could change accountability and oversight of Greek life on campus.