1st-year BTech student ends life

A 20-year-old student of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), who suffered from hearing impairment, has ended his life by jumping from the fifth floor of his hostel here, the police said on Sunday.

The deceased has been identified as Madala Rahul Chaitanya (20), a first-year BTech student.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dhoomanganj, Ajendra Yadav said Chaitanya ended his life by jumping from the fifth floor of the hostel on Saturday night. On getting information, the police had rushed the injured student to the SRN Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries during treatment.

Public relations officer of the IIIT Pankaj Mishra said Chaitanya was admitted to the institute in the deaf-and-mute category. He did not come for classes for the past three months and was depressed due to academic pressure, Mishra said.

He said Chaitanya was from Telangana’s Nizamabad district and he had informed his mother about the pressure of studies.

Mishra said at 8 pm on Saturday, another first-year BTech student, Katravath Akhil (20), died of cardiac arrest. Akhil, also from Telangana, was suffering from many diseases, he added.

Mishra said a three-member inquiry committee has been formed to investigate all aspects of the deaths of the two students and it will submit its report to the IIIT director within a week.