Dalit student from JNU commits suicide: When equality is denied, everything is denied, wrote J Muthukrishnan
A 27-year-old student of JNU allegedly committed suicide due to depression in south Delhi's Munirka area on Monday evening.


File photo of JNU student J Muthukrishanan. Image courtesy: Facebook/Rajini Krish[/caption]On reaching the spot, police forced open the door as a portion of the latch was uprooted from inside, he said. A young man was found hanging from the ceiling fan. The crime team was called at the spot and the scene was inspected and photographed.The MPhil student is said to have gone out to have food at his friend's house and locked his room from inside after returning from there on the pretext of sleeping.Police are trying to find the reason behind his taking the extreme step, a police officer said."We are deeply saddened as one of our fellow students has committed suicide at his friend's residence in Munirka Vihar just outside JNU campus. It's an irreparable loss. May the departed soul rest in peace," ABVP leader Saurabh Sharma said in a statement."Shame on Sangh-appointed VCs, Appa Rao an Jagadeesh Kumar, robbing universities of their bright students, robbing students of their dreams...JNU administration didn't inform Muthu Krishnan's family and JNU registrar refused to come to the hospital even after students asked him to come," Sheila Rashid, former vice-president of the JNU Student Union wrote on Twitter.
Meanwhile, the JNU authorities are keeping mum over the incident, saying police is investigating the issue.With inputs from agencies
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