Overview
- Students at Kannur Dental College launched a silent campus protest, refusing to wear white coats until action against named staff who remain untraced.
- Authorities opened multiple probes, booking two teachers under the SC/ST law as the health university launched a review of the college.
- Cyber police registered a separate case against operators of an online loan app after records showed a Rs 13,500 borrow and 96 recovery calls in a day, including 26 to a teacher.
- Police say the off‑store app spread through social‑media links and pulled numbers from the phone’s contacts to escalate pressure.
- The family rejects a simple loan‑pressure explanation, alleges caste and colour abuse by faculty, and questions the timeliness of treatment after the fall on April 10.