New Delhi, April 12 -- Following the tragic death of dental student Nithin Raj in Kannur, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday demanded a thorough criminal probe into the matter and full accountability across the college administration.

Calling it the "criminal institutional failure", Tharoor said he is deeply anguished by Nithin Raj's death. A bright young life, extinguished by a toxic campus culture.

Raj died after falling from a building in a suspected suicide on the afternoon of April 10. Though he was rushed to the medical college and administered necessary treatment, he later succumbed to his injuries.

Chakkarakkal Police, who registered a case of unnatural death, initiated the probe after the parents and friends of the deceased ...