Overview
- Police say the student entered IIT Delhi around 8:00 am on Saturday and took a lift to the sixth floor of the Lecture Hall Complex before falling from the building; officers received a PCR call at about 8:33 am and doctors at the campus hospital declared him brought dead.
- A crime team and a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team inspected the scene and collected evidence as part of an active probe.
- Investigators report no apparent injuries other than those consistent with a fall and say no suicide note was recovered at the scene.
- Authorities have seized the deceased student's mobile phone for forensic examination and are obtaining his counselling records and treatment history from IIT Delhi as they seek to establish motive.
- Media reports say the student had been staying off campus with his mother and receiving mental health treatment, and the inquiry may prompt renewed attention to campus support and counselling services.