A 21-year-old male student of IIT Bombay allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the hostel terrace in the wee hours of Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred at around 1 am at the hostel located in Mumbai's Powai area. ADVERTISEMENTNaman Agarwal, a second-year engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, allegedly jumped from the terrace of hostel no. Last month, a 25-year-old PhD scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur died after allegedly jumping from the sixth floor of a residential building on the campus. As part of its mandate, the task force conducted a nationwide survey on student well-being, which received over 16 lakh responses.

Source: The Telegraph February 04, 2026 12:08 UTC