Student, 31, Jumps To Death From 6th Floor At IIT Delhi

A 31-year-old MSc Physics student died on Saturday morning inside the IIT Delhi campus. He jumped from the sixth floor of the lecture hall, police said.

The Kishangarh police station received information about the incident through the police control room at 8:33 am. A police team arrived at the scene and rushed the student to the campus hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

After an initial probe, police said he entered the campus through the main gate of IIT Delhi at around 8 am. He then reached the lecture hall complex and took the elevator to the sixth floor.

Police haven't found signs of ante-mortem injuries. They have not recovered any suicide note from the scene.

A mobile phone was recovered from the student's pocket.

Police have also obtained the student's counselling records and other important information from the IIT administration.

"The Institute deeply mourns the tragic and untimely demise of an M.Sc. student on August 22, 2026. The Delhi Police are investigating the sad incident. Our deepest thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved family. The Institute is providing all support to them," IIT Delhi said in a statement.