Second-year B.Tech students dies by suicide at IIT-Madras, fourth case this year

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A second-year B Tech student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras died by suicide on campus, police said on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Chennai: A second-year B Tech student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras died by suicide on campus, police said on Friday. The student was a native of Madhya Pradesh. This is the fourth case of a student suicide reported this year from IIT Madras and the 12th since 2018.

"The body was taken for autopsy and a preliminary investigation is underway on the IIT Madras campus," said an officer of Chennai Police. Further details on the incident are awaited.

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Earlier, on April 2, a PhD student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, died by suicide in his room in Tamil Nadu's Velachery, police told media.

The student was a native of West Bengal and was aged 32. (ANI)

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