Patna, Sept 2: Yalavarthi Sweeya, a third year B.Tech third year student in computer science, jumped to her death from the fifth floor of her hostel building in the IIT Patna campus here on Thursday.
Her blood-splattered body was found on the ground floor. Sweeya used to live in room No. 401 of Sridev Apartment, which had been converted into a makeshift hostel for girls.
The campus of IIT-P is being developed at Bihta, about 30 kilometres from Patna.
Authorities at the institute informed Sweeya's family members in Hyderabad about the mishap.
Police recovered Sweeya's sandals, cellphone and glasses on the water tank of the building.
Her teachers and friends said Sweeya was a bright student who had taken admission in the institute after qualifying the IIT Joint Entrance Examination in 2009. Sweeya had been in a state of depression for some time, police said and she was on medication.
Some of her friends told the police that Sweeya had not done well in her semester examinations and was under considerable stress.
