Two days before her death, she told her father, Abdul Latheef, who was working in Saudi Arabia, through a videoconference conversation that her name revealed her Muslim origin, which her mother was worried about.[1] Her father alleged immediately after his daughter's death that he had evidence to prove that Fathima was being harassed by some professors in the department of Humanities and Social Sciences.[16] Her refused believe her suicide was due to academic pressure but instead said his daughter, a topper in the all India entrance examinations and in the class, could not commit suicide due to academic pressure.[14]