Thiruvananthapuram, April 13 -- ST/SC Commission Chairperson Shekharan Miniyodan has expressed grief that issues like caste discrimination in educational institutions still persist in society.

This comes after the death of a BDS student, who was found critically injured near the medical college block after falling from the building on the afternoon of April 10 in a case of suspected suicide.

The investigation has revealed the voice recordings attributed to Nithin Raj, which he sent to his friends, in which he alleges casteist abuse, humiliation, and threats by a faculty member.

Speaking with ANI, Shekharan Miniyodan termed the incident as "shocking" and expressed grief over the student's death

"It's really a shocking incident...Even n...