Death of IIMA student: Cops say no evidence yet of abetment to suicide

Police, however, told The Indian Express that they have not found any evidence yet to support the allegations. “This case still remains an accidental death one,” a police official said.

Investigating officer RL Patel said Bhukya was heading the coordination committee of The Red Brick Summit (TRBS), IIMA’s annual management symposium. The committee had brought in sponsorship from a third-party firm. “The company was going to hold an advance event as part of the deal. However, this company allegedly used an IIMA logo in their promotional material and uploaded it on social media platforms. This is said to have rankled senior officials at the premier institute,” an officer connected with the case said. The police officer said that one of the administrative staffers told another member of the coordination committee that the company did not have the authority to use the IIMA logo. They were asked to pull it down from social media and cancel the event, the officer added.

“The firm deleted the posts and the event was cancelled. The entire controversy had ended by September 20. Later on, this staffer texted a member of the coordination committee that they should be more careful in the future, especially regarding the use of the IIMA logo by third parties,” the police officer said.

“We have found no evidence to support the allegations that Bhukya took the extreme step following pressure from the administrative staffer,” Patel said.

Police officers said they spoke to students involved in this committee who said that they were planning the events together till 11.45 pm on September 25, adding they were in touch with Bhukya till 10.30 am on September 26. His body was found around 3.45 pm that evening. In a Facebook post on Friday, the organisers of TRBS announced that the event, scheduled to kick off that day, has been called off.