IIT Delhi student dies after jumping from campus building
Delhi Police say no suicide note has been found, a mobile phone was recovered from the pocket of the deceased and will be examined as per due procedure
A 31-year-old IIT Delhi student died after allegedly jumping from a building on the campus on Saturday morning, police said.
According to the police, a PCR call was received at 8:33 am regarding a student having jumped from a building at the IIT Delhi campus, under Kishangarh Police Station.
Police staff immediately reached the spot, and the injured person was shifted to the IIT Delhi campus hospital, where he was declared brought dead, an official said.
The Crime Team and FSL Team were called to the spot for inspection and collection of evidence.
During further enquiry, it was found that the deceased was a student in the M.Sc. Physics Department at IIT Delhi.
Further enquiry revealed that at 8 am, he entered the IIT Delhi campus through the main gate. He subsequently went to the Lecture Hall Complex, took a lift to the sixth floor and jumped from the front side of the building towards the Lecture Hall Complex.
During the enquiry conducted so far, no apparent injury marks other than those attributable to the fall have come to light, an officer said.
No suicide note has been found. A mobile phone was recovered from the pocket of the deceased and will be examined as per due procedure, the officer added.
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.
