Anirudhya Mummaneni was a was final year mechanical and aeronautical engineering student. Photo credit: Facebo... Read More

HYDERABAD: A B.Tech student at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad ( IIT-H ), Anirudhya Mummaneni committed suicide by jumping off from the seven-storey hostel building during wee hours of Friday.

The incident, which was initially seemed as an accidental death on Friday morning was later confirmed as a case of suicide in the evening following investigation conducted by the Sangareddy rural police.

The 21-year-old was final year mechanical and aeronautical engineering student. According to the police, around 12.50 am, he went to the terrace of D block. “Initially, the security officials of the IIT-Hyderabad complained stating that it was an accidental fall. However, on Friday evening, friends of the deceased informed us that they received an email which indicated that it could be a case of suicide,” said Srikanth, sub-inspector at Sangareddy (rural).

Following information from the student’s friends, the police checked visuals from the closed circuit television cameras (CCTV). “After watching the CCTV footage, we concluded that it was not an accidental fall but a suicide as there was no person who entered or exited the hostel terrace before or after him. Therefore, we ruled out foul play,” said Srikanth.

The student was a resident of Tirumalgherry in Secunderabad . According to police, the student had also consulted a psychologist a week back and was under medication. “While in the email sent to his friends he stated that he was not depressed, the email by him indicated that he was. He had also consulted some psychologist in the past,” said Srikanth.

The student’s body was handed over the family members on Friday evening after conducting post-mortem examination at the Sangareddy government hospital.

