Cusat to hold inquiry into engineering student’s death

M. Junaid Bushiri, Vice-Chancellor of Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), has asked the Registrar and Controller of Examinations to analyse and taxable a study connected the decease of a 21-year-old pupil of BTech Electrical and Electronics programme astatine the varsity’s School of Engineering here.

D. Dhanush, a autochthonal of Kumarapuram, Alappuzha, was recovered dormant successful his rented location astatine Kalamassery connected Wednesday (April 22, 2026) evening. His household members were intimated astir the incident, and they had turned up by Wednesday evening.

Varsity officials said the Registrar and Controller of Examinations would cod the statements of his teachers and friends arsenic portion of the inquiry. They are apt to taxable the study by April 25.