IIT-Bhubaneswar student dies after 'falling' from fifth floor of administrative building
Press Trust of India | September 4, 2024 | 01:25 PM IST | 1 min read
The body of a 23-year-old woman was found on the institute’s campus on Tuesday night. Police suspect it to be a case of suicide.
NEW DELHI: A woman studying at IIT-Bhubaneswar died after allegedly falling from the fifth floor of its administrative building, police said on Wednesday. The body of the 23-year-old woman was recovered by police from the institute’s campus on Tuesday night. “We suspect it to be a case of suicide,” a police officer said. The deceased was identified as Kritika Raj, a third-year BTech student from Delhi.
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“Yesterday night at about 11 pm, a student fell down from the fifth floor of the administration building which houses the library... The police was informed immediately and are investigating the case,” the institute said in a statement. The body has been taken to Khurda district headquarters hospital for postmortem examination, the officer said.
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