IIT Kharagpur student dies after falling from third floor of campus building

A 19-year-old student of the IIT Kharagpur died after he allegedly fell from the third floor of a building on the institute campus, police said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon when the "second-year Mechanical Engineering student fell from the third-floor terrace of the Nalanda building", an officer said.

The deceased was identified as Ankit Sharma, a resident of Nagaur in Rajasthan. Several students and others near the building heard a thud and found him lying on the ground, an institute spokesperson said. The injured student was immediately taken to the BC Roy Technology Hospital on the campus, where doctors declared him dead, the officer said.

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A police team from the Hijli outpost of Kharagpur Town Police Station have launched an investigation and is examining CCTV footage to ascertain the circumstances leading to the fall, he said. The police have not yet determined whether the fall was accidental or otherwise, the officer said. Sharma's family has been informed, and his body is to be sent to the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital for a post-mortem examination on Friday.

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