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A 23-year-old IIT-Hyderabad student allegedly died by suicide this morning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A rash of suicides has shaken the campuses of the Indian Institute of Technology or IIT, a premier engineering institute that attracts some of India’s finest minds. Two suicides have been reported in two days from the IITs in Hyderabad and Kanpur.<\/p>\n
A 23-year-old IIT-Hyderabad student allegedly died by suicide this morning at a lodge near the institute where he had moved in three months ago.<\/p>\n
Megh Kapoor, who had completed his BTech at the IIT, allegedly jumped off the terrace of his building in the early hours of Wednesday. He was from Rajasthan’s Jodhpur.<\/p>\n
The police are still investigating the reason for the alleged suicide.<\/p>\n
Earlier on August 31, a second year MTech student was found dead on the institute campus. Rahul Bingumalla, 25, was allegedly found hanging in his hostel room.<\/p>\n
In neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, an IIT student’s suicide was reported from Srikakulam. The 17-year-old was said to have been “heartbroken” because she did not do well in her exam.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, a student died by suicide at IIT Kanpur. The student, Prashant Singh, had bolted his hostel room door. A student called campus security last evening when Prashant did not open his door or respond.<\/p>\n
The institute’s officials broke into the room and found him dead.<\/p>\n
Prashant was a student of mechanical engineering and had “outstanding academic qualifications”, the institute said. He enrolled in IIT Kanpur in 2019 for his Master’s degree before signing up for a PhD programme last year.<\/p>\n
“The institute lost a talented student and aspiring scientist,” the IIT statement said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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