IIT-D student jumps off campus building, dies

New Delhi: A 31-year-old Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi student, pursuing an MSc in Physics, allegedly died by suicide on the campus on Saturday morning, police said

New Delhi: A 31-year-old Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi student, pursuing an MSc in Physics, allegedly died by suicide on the campus on Saturday morning, police said.

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The student allegedly jumped from the sixth floor of the Lecture Hall Complex (LHC) at the IIT Delhi campus. Police said no suicide note was recovered from the student’s possession or from the incident spot, and they were trying to ascertain the exact reason behind the step.

Deputy commissioner of police (southwest) Amit Goel said that around 8.33am on Saturday, the police control room received a call regarding a student jumping from a building at the IIT Delhi campus.

“A police team reached the spot and shifted the injured person to the IIT Delhi campus hospital, but declared dead on arrival,” said Goel.

Police said the probe revealed that around 8am, the student entered the campus through the main gate, went to the Lecture Hall Complex, took a lift to the 6th floor and allegedly jumped from the front side of the building.

“No apparent injury marks other than those attributable to the fall have come to notice. Police recovered a mobile phone from his trousers and will examine it as per due procedure. The counselling records and other relevant information from the institute are being obtained, and the facts are being verified. Further legal action is being taken as per law,” added the DCP.

This is the second alleged suicide at the IIT Delhi campus since March, when a 19-year-old first-year B.Tech student died by suicide in his room inside the campus. A day after the incident, police registered a case and initiated an investigation.