A 26-yeare-old IIT-Bombay post-graduate on Monday committed suicide by jumping from the 7th floor terrace of his hostel at Powai in north-east Mumbai.Identifying the deceased student as Darshan Malviya from Madhya Pradesh, the police said that he leaped down from the terrace at 4.30 am and that he had been suffering from depression for a long time and was under treatment.
In a suicide note left in his fourth-floor hostel room, the deceased student said nobody should be blamed for his act.
After hearing a loud thud, a security guard on duty ran to the spot and found Malviya lying there in a pool of blood.
The authorities rushed Malaviya immediately to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation-run Rajawadi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that Malviya was suffering from depression prior to getting admission in IIT-B in mid-2021 and had been under treatment from in-house doctors as also doctors outside the campus.
“In his recovered suicide note, the deceased student has stated he had depression & was under treatment, he didn't hold anyone responsible; further probe is under way,” a Mumbai police spokesperson said.
“A very unfortunate incident took place at IIT Bombay today morning and we have lost a second year masters student. We mourn the death of our student. We await his parents who are on their way to Mumbai,” an IIT-B spokesperson said.