Tech university student jumps off bridge, dies

The fire service personnel fished out the body from the Power Channel Bridge in Sambalpur, Odisha. The deceased, Chinmayi Priyadarshini Sahu, was a final-year information technology student at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology. 

The body of a girl student of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) in Burla, Odisha, who went missing after jumping off the Power Channel Bridge in Sambalpur, has been found. 

The girl has been identified as Chinmayi Priyadarshini Sahu, a final-year information technology student at VSSUT. Sources said the deceased attended the convocation ceremony at the university. She reportedly jumped into the power channel after the ceremony in the evening. The fire service personnel fished out the body from the power channel 12 hours after the incident.  

Burla SDPO Satyabrat Das said no FIR has been lodged from her family. “We will launch investigation if any written complaint is filed,” he added. “We received a complaint from the varsity authorities last night following which we immediately sent fire brigade team which lunched rescue operation. The body was found in the morning and we have also identified it,” Das said. 

The reason for extreme step is unclear. However, police detained a youth who was also a former student of the university. He is being questioned. The police said the youth had a verbal duel with the girl on the fateful day, Pragativadi reported. 

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