| 1. Muthukrishnan, a JNU student from Tamil Nadu, was studying M Phil in History. |
| 2. His family background was impoverished, with his father working as a watchman and his mother as a daily wage laborer. |
| 3. He allegedly took his own life on 13 March 2017 in a friend's room in South Delhi; no suicide note was found during the initial investigation. |
| 4. In a Facebook post on 10 March 2017, he shared his experiences of discrimination and hardships at JNU. |
| 5. His Facebook post on 15 February 2017 mentioned his struggles with love-life failures. |