Hyderabad/ Bhubaneswar: A student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad allegedly died by suicide owing to mental stress, a source said Tuesday.
Mamita Nayak (21) was found hanging in her hostel room Monday night. She had joined M Tech first year last month.
Mamita’s classmates found her hanging from the ceiling fan. They alerted the hostel authorities who in turn informed Sangareddy rural police. Her body was later sent for autopsy.
Police have reportedly found a suicide letter from her room in which she wrote that no one was responsible for her death. She wrote that she was taking the extreme step due to stress.
IIT Hyderabad is located at Kandi in Sangareddy district near Hyderabad. This is the second suicide by an IIT Hyderabad student in less than a month.
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Karthik (21) had died by suicide by drowning in sea at Visakhapatnam as he was depressed over his backlogs.
A student of B Tech (Mechanical) second year, he had left the campus July 17. His body was recovered on Visakhapatnam beach July 25.
The student, who hailed from Miryalguda in Nalgonda district, was upset over being unable to clear the backlogs in examinations.
Four students of IIT Hyderabad have died by suicide in a year. In September last year, Megha Kapur (22), a native of Rajasthan, had jumped to death from a lodge in Sangareddy town, near IIT Hyderabad campus She had completed B. Tech from IIT-H three months ago and was staying in a lodge.
In August, G. Rahul, a native of Nandyal in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh and a second-year M. Tech student, hanged himself in his hostel room.
IANS