Overview
- Police say a 20-year-old B.Tech student allegedly went to the sixth floor of a hostel block and fell to her death on Thursday night.
- Officials identified the student as Varshitha, a third-year engineering student from Guntakal who had lived in the university hostel for several years.
- Doddaballapur Rural police launched an investigation, the Bengaluru Rural superintendent visited the scene, officers inspected the hostel room and seized the student’s mobile phone for forensic analysis.
- Investigators say depression is a possible factor, no conclusive motive has been determined and they will verify reports of a medical history and take legal action if warranted.
- The death is being viewed in the context of earlier fatalities at the same GITAM campus and is likely to raise fresh questions about hostel access, student welfare and campus safety procedures.