Telangana: Third year BTech student dies by suicide at IIIT campus
Press Trust of India | July 4, 2026 | 09:36 PM IST | 1 min read
The deceased was identified as Abhiroop, a third year student of B Tech (Computer Science and Geospatial Technology) at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Gachibowli here.
HYDERABAD: A 20-year old engineering student jumped from the fifth floor of a building in the campus of his college here on Saturday and ended his life, police said.
The deceased was identified as Abhiroop, a third year student of B Tech (Computer Science and Geospatial Technology) at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Gachibowli here.
A native of Khammam in Telangana, he jumped to his death due to personal issues, according to police. Just before he took the extreme step, Abhiroop had sent a message to his friends on a messaging app about his decision, police added.
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