Rahul Yadav, an 18-year-old CSE student from Chhattisgarh, was found dead in his KIIT University hostel room, marking the third such fatality this year. Police are investigating a harassment complaint filed by his mother against the family of a girl over an alleged relationship. The case raises new concerns after UGC cited the administration’s “criminal liability” in previous deaths.
This is a gut punch. A terrible, recurring pattern at KIIT University. A first-year computer science student, Rahul Yadav, 18, from Chhattisgarh, was found dead in his hostel room late Sunday night. The room was locked from the inside. They had to open it with police present. That’s a grim scene.
The officials confirmed it: this is the third student death on the Bhubaneswar campus this year.
Harassment Allegations Come First
The police are digging into the motive right away. Initial reports point to a personal issue. A relationship with a girl from his home state. But the context is far darker than just a relationship going sideways.
Rahul’s mother, Nirmala Yadav, she is furious. She went straight to the police and filed a complaint. She alleged harassment.
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The Mother’s Allegations: She says the girl’s family—the father, mother, and brother—were calling her and Rahul, threatening them. Her son was “under mental pressure.” She even claims she repeatedly called the hostel authorities to keep a watch on him, but nobody cared. That administrative lapse happened. And then the tragedy followed.
The police have registered a case against the girl’s family based on that complaint. They’ve seized his mobile and laptop. They’re verifying social media accounts and digital communication. The investigation is trying to piece together the entire backstory.
The University’s History
The sheer number of incidents is the real disaster here.
You have to look back at the previous two deaths: two students from Nepal, who died earlier this year. That blew up into an international issue. The UGC stepped in.
In July, the UGC asked KIIT to explain why “disciplinary or legal action” shouldn’t be taken against it. A fact-finding panel was already brutal, saying the administration’s actions in those earlier cases “amounted to criminal liability.” They found lapses in handling harassment complaints and poor hostel conditions.
KIIT authorities haven’t put out a full statement yet on Rahul Yadav’s death, just an acknowledgement that a student died by suicide over “personal relationship issues,” while expressing concern about the wider issue of student suicides. But the mother’s direct complaint about the university ignoring her calls? That places the administration right back in the spotlight.
It’s a complete, messy, and absolutely heartbreaking situation that highlights a systemic failure in campus safety and mental health support, especially for students under extreme duress.
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