Udaipur BDS student suicide: J&K Students Association writes to Rajasthan CM, seeks judicial probe

The Association said that Shweta was subjected to two years of relentless mental harassment, humiliation, and pressure from faculty members — Naini Jain (referred to as Mahi Ma’am) and Bhagwat Singh (Bhagwat Sir) — whom she directly named in her handwritten suicide note.

“The note, discovered by students and circulated on social media out of fear that the administration might attempt to suppress it, paints a harrowing picture of continuous harassment, bribe demands, and academic victimisation,” the Association said, adding that “Shweta alleged that students who did not pay bribes were deliberately failed, denied exams, and subjected to psychological distress.” The two teachers have since been expelled.

Khuehami has urged the CM to ensure the immediate arrest of both the faculty members and to order a time-bound judicial inquiry led by a retired High Court judge. He also called for strict legal action against college officials who delayed filing the FIR, destroyed or tampered with evidence, and intimidated witnesses.

Khuehami is demanding not only justice and protection for whistleblowers, but state-wide regulatory reforms to end the abuse of students in private colleges.

Khuehami emphasized that Shweta’s exams had been blocked for over a year and a half, her degree deliberately withheld, and that she had been pushed into the “odd batch” and forced to work with junior students; all tactics allegedly used by the accused faculty to break her spirit and extract money.

The Association also alleged that there were “a series of failures and insensitivities that followed her death. Her roommate reportedly informed authorities around 11:00 pm on the night of the incident, but no college official, warden, or emergency medical help arrived. Students were left to carry her body down six floors on their own. The room remained untouched and unsealed for hours, leaving vital evidence exposed to contamination or destruction.” According to the Association, it was only after massive student protests erupted that the authorities acknowledged the existence of the suicide note and moved to file a police case.

Khuehami stated that the FIR was filed only three days later, after Shweta’s grieving parents arrived and joined the protest. “Shockingly, the FIR failed to mention the full names and designations of the accused; a move the Association says smacks of a deliberate cover-up and shield those responsible,” the Association said. Students who went to the police or media were warned, their degree threatened, and their parents pressured into silence, Khuehami said.