An engineering pupil died in an uncommon incident at IIT Kharagpur in West Midnapore district on Thursday after reportedly falling from the fourth flooring of a campus constructing.
In response to the police, the coed was taken to the campus hospital in a critical situation, however docs declared him introduced useless. There may be thriller surrounding how the coed fell from the fourth flooring, and police have begun investigating the matter.
The coed has been recognized as Ankit Sharma, a resident of Rajasthan. He was admitted to IIT Kharagpur in July final 12 months and was a second‑12 months pupil of the Mechanical Engineering division.
It’s learnt that Ankit one way or the other fell from the fourth flooring of the Nalanda constructing on the campus round 3 p.m. on Thursday. His physique was lined in blood. Safety guards noticed him and rushed him to B.C. Roy Hospital in an injured situation, however he couldn’t be saved.
On receiving the data, officers from the Hijli outpost of Kharagpur City police station reached the spot. In response to sources, Ankit had a category within the Nalanda constructing. Police are investigating whether or not he fell inadvertently or jumped.
Further Superintendent of Police (Kharagpur) Bushara Bano visited the spot and stated, “There was an uncommon loss of life of a pupil. He fell from the fourth flooring. What precisely occurred is being investigated.”
The IIT authorities haven’t commented on the matter to date.
Final month, the hanging physique of Deepak Reddy Pullaguram, an assistant professor within the Division of Electrical Engineering, was discovered on the campus. Deepak, a resident of Hyderabad, was discovered useless in his quarters.
In April this 12 months, a pupil named Jaiveer Singh Dodia dedicated suicide by leaping from the eighth flooring of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Corridor on the campus. In 2025, seven college students of IIT Kharagpur died below mysterious circumstances, 5 of them discovered hanging.
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