Kharagpur: An engineering student of
the IIT Kharagpur died after falling off the terrace of a
hostel, the police said today.
Nikhil Bhatiya, a final year student of mining
engineering, was found in a pool of blood on the ground of the
Lal Bahadur Hall of the campus in the morning yesterday.
Soon the seriously injured 23-year-old student was taken
to the campus hospital and later to a private hospital where
he was declared brought dead.
An enquiry is on whether Bhatiya fell off accidentally or
pushed by somebody. The suicide angle is also being probed,
they said.
IIT officials said Bhatiya was a brilliant student, but
lately found depressed. His parents, residents of Mumbai, had
already been informed about the incident. PTI
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