He wasn’t happy with his career, say IIT grad’s kin
TRAGIC Relatives say Anshum Gupta was a very bright student, had secured Ist rank in AIEEE
NEW DELHI : Family members of 31-year-old Anshum Gupta, who committed suicide by jumping from a building of the Iit-delhi campus, said the man was an allIndia topper of the All India Engineering Entrance ExaminaTION(AIEEE).
HT, however, could not verify this claim independently.
A relative,who did not wish to be named, claimed that Gupta had reportedly quit his job around 5-6 months ago because he was not happy with his professional growth.
One of Gupta’s cousin, who had come to Gupta’s house in south Delhi’s GK-I after hearing about the incident, too said, “He was a brilliant student. He was the brightest student even at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya from where he passed out in 2005. He had secured an all-india rank of 1 in AIEEE.”
Another relative added that Gupta had passed out of IITDelhi in 2010 after completing his Mtech in computer science and engineering. He had then secured a job at an American multinational technology company. He had pursued his Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from Iit-delhi.
“He did not attend work regularly. He would often quit and then get another offer. For the past few months he had not been working. He probably was not happy at the way his career was growing,” the cousin said.
Family members told police that Gupta had many friends at Iit-delhi and would visited them regularly. Police, however, have not found anyone with whom Gupta met on the IIT campus before taking his life. Police are scanning his cell phone details and will look at his call records to get more details.
On Friday evening, family members initially refused to talk about Gupta’s death.
The two relatives who spoke to HT did so on condition that they would not be named. “He was being treated for depression. A doctor in CR Park had been treating him. He was also taking medicines. This morning, when he left home for IIT, we had no idea he was going there to end his life. We do not suspect any foul play,”said Gupta’s cousin.
Meanwhile, the Delhi police have launched a probe in the case and said they would visit the IIT campus again over the weekend to try and find eyewitnesses who may have seen Gupta climbing the Industrial Research and Development Unit building within the campus.
He did not attend work regularly. He would often quit and then get another offer. For the past few months, he had not been working. He probably was not happy at the way his career grew.
A RELATIVE