IIT Bombay Student Suicide: An 18-year-old student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai allegedly committed suicide on Sunday (February 12) by jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building located on the campus. Police has given this information. According to the police, the name of the deceased student is Darshan Ramesh Solanki, who is originally from Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Police told that Darshan was doing BTech in IIT in Powai. The student had enrolled in the course three months ago and his first semester exams had ended on Saturday itself. Investigation revealed that Darshan Solanki lived on the eighth floor of Hostel 16B. Darshan committed suicide by jumping from the seventh floor of the hostel. When he jumped down, there was a loud noise and after some time the students and security personnel reached there.
A police official said that the student was found lying in a pool of blood by the security personnel on the campus and then the incident was reported to the police. As soon as the information was received, a team reached the campus and took the student to the hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
Police did not get suicide note
The police officer said that the deceased did not leave any ‘suicide note’ and from the preliminary investigation it seems that he had jumped from the seventh floor of the hostel building. An official of Powai police station said that the student’s body has been sent for post-mortem and his family in Gujarat has been informed.
Why suicide?
Powai Police has registered Accidental Death Report (ADR). The police is trying to ascertain whether the pressure of studies forced the student to take such a drastic step. Police Inspector Budhan Sawant said, “The matter is under serious investigation.”
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