20-year-old IIT Hyderabad student jumps to death from hostel: Police

HYDERABAD: A 20-year-old student of Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad allegedly leaped to death from the hostel building on the campus here on Tuesday, in the third suicide by a student of the prestigious institution this year, police said.

A third year computer science and engineering student hailing from the city, he jumped off from the third floor of the hostel building at around 3.25 am.

Security staff and some students who noticed it rushed him to a private hospital. Later, he was shifted to a corporate hospit a l where he di e d wit hout responding to treatment, Sangareddy district Deputy Superintendent of Police P Sridhar Reddy said.

According to police, before ending his life, the student sent a note to some of his friends.

The institute, located in Sangareddy district about 50km from here, condoled the death of Siddarth. “IIT Hyderabad faculty, staff and students extend their deepest condolences to the family, friends and other near and dear ones of the deceased student. This is indeed an irreparable loss to the institute and the family. May his soul rest in peace,” it said in a release.

Earl i e r i n J ul y , Mark Andrew Charles, a native of Varanasi District in Uttar Pradesh and a final year Masters student, committed suicide by hanging On January 31, M. Anirudh, a third year Mechanical and Aerospace engineering student, ended his life by jumping off the hostel building.