Nursing student suicide in Kerala: Her three attackers arrested

Last update:November 23, 2024, 15:57 CEST

As revealed by her father, three of the victim’s classmates allegedly mentally abused her.

The SME Nursing College student wrote in her diary: “I quit” before I took her life. (Representative image)

Police arrested three students on Friday in connection with the suicide of a nursing student here last week.

According to the police, the arrests of three students, classmates of the victim, Ammu Sajeeva (22), were reported. Sajeev was a final year student of Bachelor of Science in Nursing from SME Nursing College, Chuttippara.

The incident took place at a nursing college in Pathanamthitta district on the night of November 15.

Ammu Sajeev, a native of Thiruvananthapuram, allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the third floor of a hostel building.

“I quit” – these were the words she wrote in her diary before taking her life – police sources say.

Sajeev, the girl’s father, had earlier complained to the college principal that his classmates were mentally abusing his daughter and that her life was in danger.

Police said the students named in the complaint were detained on Thursday.

Two of them are from Kottayam and one is from Kollam, they said.

“Their arrest has been recorded. After detailed interrogation and investigation, charges of abetment of suicide were filed,” the sources added.

State Health Minister Veena George has also directed the Kerala University of Health Sciences to investigate the incident.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a news agency feed – PTI)