IIT Hyderabad missing student found dead; Suicide suspected

A 21-year-old Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad (IIT-H) student was missing since July 17, now his dead body is found on the beach.

A 21-year-old Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad (IIT-H) student, Dhanavath Karthik, who had been missing from the Sangareddy campus since Monday (July 17), allegedly ended his life by jumping into the sea as he was depressed over his backlogs of exams, police said on Tuesday.

He could have drowned in the sea around July 19 and his body was recovered on July 20 with the help of fishermen, said police, as reported by India Today. 

In the initial investigation, it was learnt that the student had two backlogs (in two subjects).

Karthik had left Hyderabad on July 17 as he was upset over being unable to clear the backlogs of examinations, said the police.

Karthik's parents, residents of Nalgonda district, when didn't get any response on their calls, they rushed to the college to find out his whereabouts.

The IIT-Hyderabad warden lodged a complaint with the Sangareddy police on July 19, stating that the parents of a second-year B Tech student, Karthik, were enquiring about his whereabouts.

The deceased student's parents have claimed that he was a bright student and the first tribal from their village to study at an IIT.

As per Telangana Today report, this is the third suicide of students of the institute reported in less than a year. On August 31, 2022, M.Tech student B Rahul was found hanging in his hostel room on the campus. Then B.Tech student Megha Kapoor allegedly jumped off a private lodge building at Pothireddypally in Sangareddy town on September 7, 2022.

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