A 21-year-old undergraduate student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay was found dead on the Powai campus in the early hours of Wednesday, February 4. Police have launched an inquiry to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident.

According to officials, the student was found in an injured condition near a hostel building around 1.30 am and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. Preliminary investigations suggest that the student may have fallen from the terrace of a hostel building. The exact sequence of events, however, is yet to be determined.