Students allege that he was 'mentally harassed' over the stalemate with the university.
Amid the stalemate between the administration of New Delhi's South Asian University (SAU) and the students over higher stipends, Ammar Ahmed, a student of MA Sociology, collapsed and was hospitalised on the night of Tuesday, 22 November.
"He is currently in the ICU and not very stable. He suffered a cardiac arrest and was admitted to Primus Hospital in Chanakyapuri. His motor functions are low," Tathagat, a second-year Master's student, told The kashmir Graph on Thursday, 24 November.
For over 40 days now, students at SAU have been agitating for an increase in stipend for Master's students to Rs 7,000, and demanding parity for international PhD students within the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF).
The varsity's general student body alleges that Ahmed, who hails from Bihar, took ill over "SAU administration's persistent mental harassment."
We reached out to at least two administrative officials over the allegations made by the student body, but has not received a response yet.