Overview
- A 23‑year‑old final‑year MBA student, Anu Gupta, was discovered with severe head and facial injuries in the Sarojini Naidu Girls' Hostel at IIMT University and was declared dead after being rushed to hospital on Wednesday.
- A third‑year engineering student, Rimi Kumari, was found hanging in her Motihari hostel room and local police called an FSL team to collect viscera and seal the scene on Thursday.
- Police in both states have formed investigative teams, sent the bodies for post‑mortems, are reviewing CCTV and have seized phones and other evidence while awaiting forensic and autopsy reports.
- Meerut police registered an abetment‑of‑suicide FIR after the deceased student’s father filed a complaint, and IIMT University suspended three hostel officials and set up a 13‑member inquiry panel plus a compensation committee.
- Students and families are protesting and demanding access to CCTV and full medical records, and investigators’ findings could prompt wider scrutiny of campus hostel safety and administrative practices.