Thrissur: The postmortem report of Jishnu Pranoy, a student of the Nehru College of Engineering and Research Center here, has confirmed that he had committed suicide.
However, the report revealed that he had suffered injuries to the lips and nose, Manorama News reported on Thursday. Though these injuries were not serious, it could not be ascertained as to how he sustained it before death.
3 staff of Nehru college suspended
That fateful evening this teacher refused to take a dying Jishnu to hospital, say students
The postmortem report strengthens the allegations that the first-year Computer Science student was physically harassed.
Jishnu, son of Ashokan of Kinarulla Parambath, Nadapuram, was found hanging inside his college hostel earlier this month.
Three staff of the college were suspended as part of an internal probe into the incident.
Jishnu was allegedly harassed by the college authorities on charges of exam malpractices. The management denied the allegations, saying they had only advised the student. A police probe is on.