A student of Delhi University (DU) died by suicide on November 1. The Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students’ Association (BAPSA) alleged that institutional pressure drove the student to take the extreme step.

According to Maktoob Media , the 19-year-old is a Dalit student of the Deshbandhu College, and she was found dead at her flat in Govindpuri. She is the sister of Raj Ratan Rajoriya, the presidential candidate for the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union ( JNUSU ). Rajoriya is representing BAPSA.

The BAPSA said that the suicide reflects the continuing neglect of marginalised students in DU in terms of mental health support and systematic discrimination. “The police handling of the case was deeply insensitive. Officers arrived at the scene without a doctor and refused requests to s

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