Jishnu was found hanging at Nehru College of Engineering and Research, a private college in Thrissur, on January 6 after being allegedly harassed by college authorities who said he was copying from another student during an exam. Read | Jishnu Prannoy suicide: Kerala police arrest parents seeking justice“In the wake of the CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s assurance and request of many leaders we are calling off the fast. Earlier CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran and many other leaders called on fasting relatives requested them to end the stir. The state observed a shutdown the next day protesting the police action on bereaved parents who were crying for justice. Meanwhile, the third accused in the case Sakthivel, vice-principal of the Nehru Engineering College in Pampady in Thrissur district, was arrested from a farm house near Coimbatore in neighbouring Tamil Nadu.

Source: Hindustan Times April 09, 2017 19:15 UTC