MBA student dies by suicide at IP University; expulsion over party alleged
Press Trust of India | September 15, 2024 | 10:56 PM IST | 1 min read
Sources indicated the student was distressed after being expelled from the hostel for a birthday party. Classmates reportedly protested against the university administration.
NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old student on Sunday died after he allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the seventh floor of his hostel in the IP University in southwest Delhi, officials said. The Delhi Police in a statement said that a call was received at 6.20 pm at the Dwarka North Police Station regarding a student had committed suicide.
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The police reached the spot and the student was identified as Gautam Kumar, a resident of Bihar's Vaishali. "He was a student of MBA 1st year at the IP University main campus located in Sector-16. He committed suicide by jumping from the 7th floor of the hostel building. The body of the deceased was transferred at the DDU Hospital for the postmortem. Inquiry and investigative proceedings from the police side in the matter are on," read the police statement.
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There was no immediate response from the university administration. Sources said that the student was upset after he was expelled from the hostel for celebrating a birthday party. Some of his classmates reportedly raised slogans against the varsity administration.
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