IIT Madras Student Dies By Suicide, Second Case In A Month
A preliminary investigation indicated that the student may have had issues on "focusing on his studies and completing his academic tasks", a police officer investigating the matter said.
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A third-year BTech student of IIT-Madras died by suicide on Tuesday, police said. The 20-year-old student of the electrical engineering department, a resident of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, was found hanging in his hostel room by his roommates, they added.
A preliminary investigation indicated that the student may have had issues on "focusing on his studies and completing his academic tasks", a police officer investigating the matter said. Only after completion of the probe and autopsy can further comments be made, he added. This incident comes just a month after a post-graduate student of engineering at IIT Madras also died by suicide on February 14. He too had been found dead in his hostel room.
