Goa, April 13 -- Police have initiated an investigation against faculty members of Kannur Dental College following the death of a first-year student who allegedly fell from a building in a suspected suicide case, officials said on Sunday.

The Chakkarakkal Police registered a case of unnatural death and launched the probe after the victim's family and friends alleged that he had been subjected to emotional harassment by members of the college faculty.

The deceased has been identified as Nithin Raj RL (22), a native of Thiruvananthapuram. He was pursuing his first year of the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programme at the institution located in Anjarakandy, Kannur.

According to police officials, Raj was found critically injured near t...