Two faculty members at Kannur Dental College (a private institution in Kerala, southern India) have filed for anticipatory bail in connection with the death of BDS student Nithin Raj R.L., who was found dead on April 10 after allegedly falling from a building on campus. Dr. M.K. Ram and Dr. Sangeeta Nambiar, both of whom remain at large, told the Thalassery District Sessions Court they bore no responsibility for the student's death, arguing he had been under financial stress linked to a loan application. The case has drawn public criticism over the pace of the investigation and the failure to arrest the accused faculty members.