‘Depressed’ IIT-H student planned suicide a week ago
TNN | Feb 3, 2019, 08:19 IST
HYDERABAD: Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) final year student M Anirudhya, who jumped to death from his hostel building on the campus in the early hours of Friday, reportedly took the decision to take the extreme step a week before itself. This aspect came to light in an email sent to his friends.
Though Sangareddy police said they were yet to ascertain the reason for Anirudhya’s decision to commit suicide, the IIT-H student’s email to his friends also did not reveal what led him to take the extreme step. The friends of the deceased had come forward to say that they received the email and that Anirudhya had mentioned his plan to commit suicide there. Before this, accidental death was being suspected.
In the email, Anirudhya told his friends: “The decision to end my life is purely logical based on my estimations of what the future contains. Life holds no intrigue any more and the daily grind is becoming more difficult with time. So, yeah, this is in no way a rash decision. In fact I decided to do this last week, and as you may have noticed, I have been the happiest I ever was this week (sic).”
On January 29, Anirudhya had returned to the campus after attending his sister's marriage in the city. When he was at home, his sister discovered that something was wrong with Anirudhya. The sister had even fixed an appointment with a doctor.
“Ànirudhya was good in studies and we do not think he was under any stress due to academics. But his email to his friends did not reveal the exact reason for his death,” Sangareddy Rural inspector Shiva Yadav told STOI on Saturday.
Though Anirudhya claimed he was not in a state of depression and wrote about being the ‘happiest’, local police suspect the IIT student was in low spirits. However, after returning to the IIT-H campus, he also attended classes.
Sangareddy Rural sub-inspector Srikanth said all the students were given separate rooms in the hostel of IIT-H. On the day of the suicide, Anirudhya was alone in his room. At 12.50am on Friday, he went to the seventh floor of the D-Block and jumped to death from the building. As reported earlier, police gathered this from CCTV footage.
Though Sangareddy police said they were yet to ascertain the reason for Anirudhya’s decision to commit suicide, the IIT-H student’s email to his friends also did not reveal what led him to take the extreme step. The friends of the deceased had come forward to say that they received the email and that Anirudhya had mentioned his plan to commit suicide there. Before this, accidental death was being suspected.
In the email, Anirudhya told his friends: “The decision to end my life is purely logical based on my estimations of what the future contains. Life holds no intrigue any more and the daily grind is becoming more difficult with time. So, yeah, this is in no way a rash decision. In fact I decided to do this last week, and as you may have noticed, I have been the happiest I ever was this week (sic).”
On January 29, Anirudhya had returned to the campus after attending his sister's marriage in the city. When he was at home, his sister discovered that something was wrong with Anirudhya. The sister had even fixed an appointment with a doctor.
“Ànirudhya was good in studies and we do not think he was under any stress due to academics. But his email to his friends did not reveal the exact reason for his death,” Sangareddy Rural inspector Shiva Yadav told STOI on Saturday.
Though Anirudhya claimed he was not in a state of depression and wrote about being the ‘happiest’, local police suspect the IIT student was in low spirits. However, after returning to the IIT-H campus, he also attended classes.
Sangareddy Rural sub-inspector Srikanth said all the students were given separate rooms in the hostel of IIT-H. On the day of the suicide, Anirudhya was alone in his room. At 12.50am on Friday, he went to the seventh floor of the D-Block and jumped to death from the building. As reported earlier, police gathered this from CCTV footage.
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