Kerala dental student Nithin Raj death: Court grants Crime Branch five-day custody of accused M.K. Ram
A court in Kannur has granted the Crime Branch five days of custody for Dr. M.K. Ram, the primary accused in the death of dental student Nithin Raj. The investigation focuses on allegations of mental harassment and abetment of suicide involving faculty members.
Why it matters
The case highlights issues of academic harassment and the legal accountability of faculty members in Indian educational institutions.
The Thalassery Principal Sessions Court, Kannur, on Monday (July 27, 2026) granted the Crime Branch special investigative team (SIT) five-day custody of Dr. M.K. Ram, the accused arrested in connection with the death of Kannur Dental College student Nithin Raj.
Judge M. Manoj allowed the custody plea, following which the SIT investigating the case took Dr. Ram into custody from the Kannur Special Sub-jail around 11.30 a.m. for evidence collection and further interrogation.
Dr. Ram, a native of Andhra Pradesh and a former HoD at the Kannur dental college, is the prime accused in the case.
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