Karnal, April 26 -- The National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Kurukshetra on Saturday issued suspension orders for joint registrar Gyana Ranjan Samantaray.

The order issued by officiating director Brahmjit Singh, stated that during the suspension period, Gyana Ranjan will report to the office of the dean (research and consultancy). There was no mention of the reason behind the suspension order. The move comes amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the deaths of four students, who allegedly died by suicide on campus in the past two months, with three such cases occurring in April alone.

The suicides on campus began on February 16 with the death of a 19-year-old first-semester computer science student from Telangana, followed by a s...