The warden of the Hostel found Fathima's death around noon on November 9, 2019, and a security personnel broke her door open. According to the students, Fathima's hostel mates received a phone call from her family about 11.30 a.m., stating that she had been inaccessible on her phone since the morning. According to the students, the chief of wardens and the head of the humanities department helped the warden in dispersing students gathered at the hostel.