India, April 12 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday reacted to the death of a dental student in his home state Kerala's Kannur, whose parents have alleged that the 22-year-old had been subjected to harassment by faculty members over his caste.

The victim, identified as Nithin Raj RL, was a native of Thiruvananthapuram's Uzhamalackal and a first-year BDS student of the college located in Kannur's Anjarakandy.

According to police, Raj was found critically injured near the medical college block after falling from the building on the afternoon of April 10. Though he was rushed to the medical college and given treatment, he succumbed to his injuries.

Shashi Tharoor, who represents Thiruvananthapuram in the Lok Sabha, has now backed the ...