Dental College HOD Arrested in Kannur Student Suicide Case

The Crime Branch probing the alleged suicide of a student at a private dental college in Kannur arrested the head of the Dental Anatomy Department, the prime accused in the case, from Kodagu in Karnataka, officials said on Monday. 

The arrested accused was identified as M Kondanda Ram, a native of Chittur in Andhra Pradesh. He was taken into custody after the Supreme Court dismissed his anticipatory bail plea on July 13.

The victim, Nithin Raj, a student of the private



dental college at Anjarakandy, was found dead on April 10 after falling from a building on the college campus in a suspected suicide. According to the investigation, Raj, a member of the Scheduled Caste community, was insulted and intimidated by Ram in the classroom. 

Crime Branch officials said a team that recently reached Ram's native place in Andhra Pradesh found that he had shifted to Bengaluru. Further investigation revealed that he was hiding at a location in Kodagu, Karnataka.