A 20-year-old engineering student allegedly died by suicide after jumping from a building on the campus of Marwadi University in Gujarat’s Rajkot district on Friday morning, police said.

The incident comes just six days after a female student of the same university committed suicide by jumping from the hostel building.

In the latest case, Hemnath, a native of Andhra Pradesh, was distressed about his health, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-1) Hetal Patel said.

He allegedly jumped from a building on the university campus, and no suicide note has been recovered, she said.

Hemanth was a fifth-semester student of Computer Science and Engineering (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning). He had undergone a few surgeries recently and had confided in his hostel roommate that if his health issues persist, he wanted to die, she said.

The Kuvadava police have initiated a probe, Patel added.

On September 19, Alla Venkata Soubhagya Varshitha (19), a third-semester student of the Artificial Intelligence and Data Science course and native of Andhra Pradesh, allegedly jumped to her death from the 10th floor of the hostel building.

(Inputs from PTI)

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