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Bengaluru: B.Tech student dies after falling from multi-storey building
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News18•16-10-2026, 11:55
Bengaluru: B.Tech student dies after falling from multi-storey building
- •A tragic incident occurred at the GITAM University campus near Nagadenahalli in Doddaballapura taluk, Bengaluru Rural district.
- •The deceased has been identified as 20-year-old Varshitha from Guntakal in Andhra Pradesh, studying third-year B.Tech Computer Science.
- •She died after falling from the 6th floor of the university hostel building late at night.
- •It is suspected that she was suffering from depression and may have died by suicide, though police are investigating all angles.
- •Doddaballapura Rural police visited the spot, shifted the body to the hospital, and are recording statements from witnesses and hostel authorities.
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A 20-year-old third-year B.Tech Computer Science student named Varshitha died after falling from the sixth floor of a multi-storey hostel building at GITAM University near Nagadenahalli.
Local sources and initial police inquiries suspect that the student had been suffering from depression and may have died by suicide by falling from the hostel building at night.
The Doddaballapura Rural police inspected the scene, transferred the body to the hospital, and began recording statements from witnesses, hostel authorities, and classmates while examining her mental state.
