Chennai: Two women - a research scholar and the wife of a professor - were found hanging at their rooms in the IIT-Madras campus on Wednesday.
47-year-old Vijayalakshmi, the wife of physics assistant professor Ganeshan, was found hanging inside her quarters around 3 pm. Around an hour or so later, a 34-year-old woman research scholar, was also found hanging in her hostel room Wednesday.
Police say both women - 34-year-old post-doctoral research scholar P Maheswari and 47-year-old Vijaya Lakshmi - committed suicide.
Condoling the scholars death, IIT-M announced full cooperation to officials in the case.
"IIT-Madras, reports with deep sadness the death of a post-doctoral research scholar in the campus. The scholar's family has been informed. The institute is taking necessary action and extending full cooperation to civil authorities," it said in a statement.
"The institute extends its deep felt condolences to the family and the near and dear ones of the scholar for the unfortunate, untimely and devastating loss," it said without divulging any further details.
It is yet to comment on the death of Vijaya Lakshmi.
Meanwhile, the Times of India report note that mother-of-two Vijayalakshmi's friends had described her as seeming to be 'depressed and lonely'.
IIT Madras had witnessed suicide of two students in September and October last year.
(PTI inputs)
