20-year-old IIT Delhi student dies by suicide in hostel room

A 20-year-old B.Tech student allegedly died by suicide in his hostel room at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, said police on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Ayush and a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly. He was in his fourth year, according to ANI reports. 

Police informed that the incident took place on Saturday at around 12 midnight.

"He was a student in the fourth year of IIT. Ayush committed suicide by hanging himself in his Udayagiri hostel last night around 12 o'clock. 20-year-old Ayush was a resident of Bareilly of UP. However, the reason for the suicide is being ascertained through investigation," the police official said.

Notably, this is the second such incident in the month of July. On July 4, a 14-year-old girl allegedly jumped to death from a building in Dwarka Sector-16 of Delhi, police said. 

As per the information, the deceased was a Class 9 student. A suicide note was recovered in which the deceased mentioned not wanting to study and other suicidal thoughts, Delhi Police had said as quoted by ANI. 

At 05.35 am information regarding the jumping of a girl from a building in Sector 16 Dwarka was received at Police Station Dwarka North, investigation reveals that a 14-year-old girl was found dead on the ground floor.

(With ANI inputs)