Arjunkumar Patel, of Westfield, Indiana, is one of seven Indiana University Bloomington Phi Kappa Psi members charged in Monroe Circuit Court on July 31, 2026, in connection with an alleged hazing event at the fraternity house on North Eagleson Avenue during the night of October 15 and early morning of October 16, 2025. Probable cause affidavits describe approximately 36 pledges ordered to perform push-ups, planks, squats and leg lifts for roughly three hours, after which about ten pledges were ordered into an ice bath and told to recite the fraternity creed. Two pledges were hospitalized and diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a potentially life-threatening condition caused by the breakdown of muscle tissue; doctors told investigators both also had acute kidney injuries and elevated liver enzymes. According to court documents, one of the pledges told investigators that Phi Kappa Psi President Arjunkumar Patel learned of the pledge being hospitalized and messaged him while he was in the hospital. Patel allegedly instructed the pledge to lie about his injuries and tell the doctors his injuries came from working out at the gym. Patel then allegedly told the pledge to delete his messages. Fraternity members told police that Patel was at the "New Member Committee" event and supervising it from the "outside." The fraternity was placed on cease and desist effective October 21, 2025, suspending all chapter activities, and the university and police investigations were ongoing at the time of the cited reports. A summons set an initial hearing for September 1, 2026. The charges are allegations; no conviction has been reported in the cited coverage.