IIT student Fathima Latheef's suicide case referred to CBI

Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT Madras) student Fathima Latheef's suicide case has been referred to the Central Bureau of Investigation by the Tamil Nadu government.

The State has referred the case to CBI after Fathima's family insisted that the case should be transferred to the CBI.

On November 8, 19-year-old Fathima Latheef, an undergraduate student of Humanities at IIT-Madras allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room.