Gujarat: Marwadi University sees second student death in six days after engineering student’s fall
Marwadi University in Gujarat’s Rajkot district has reported a second student death in less than a week, raising fresh concern on the campus. Police said a 20-year-old engineering student died on Friday after allegedly jumping from a university building.
The student, identified as Hemnath, was from Andhra Pradesh and was enrolled in the fifth semester of the Computer Science and Engineering programme with a specialisation in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-1) Hetal Patel, preliminary findings suggest the student had been under stress related to his health. Police said he had recently undergone multiple surgeries and had spoken to his hostel roommate about his condition. Investigators are examining whether ongoing health issues contributed to his mental distress.
No suicide note has been recovered so far, officials said. The incident took place on the university campus, and the Kuvadava police have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death.
This is the second such case linked to Marwadi University within six days. Earlier, on September 19, a 19-year-old woman student from the same institution allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the 10th floor of a hostel building.
She was identified as Alla Venkata Soubhagya Varshitha, also a native of Andhra Pradesh. She was a third-semester student in the Artificial Intelligence and Data Science course.
The back-to-back incidents have cast a spotlight on student wellbeing and campus support systems, especially for outstation students pursuing demanding technology-focused courses. While police investigations are ongoing in both cases, the deaths have triggered concern among students, parents and the wider academic community.
Authorities have not announced any further details beyond the ongoing probe. Police are expected to continue gathering statements and reviewing the events leading up to the latest incident.
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