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Andhra Student Dies After Fall at Rajkot University, Second Case
A 20-year-old student died after falling from a university building in Rajkot.
The student was named Hemanth Gandham and came from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.
He studied Computer Engineering with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence.
The fall happened on Friday morning.
Paramedics said he had died at the scene.
Police filed a report to record the death as an accidental-death case.
The incident was described as an alleged suicide, but the police report classification was accidental death.
Another student at the same university had died six days earlier.
A 20-year-old engineering student, Hemanth Gandham, died after falling from the sixth floor of Marwadi University’s main building.
Gandham was from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, and studied fifth-semester Computer Engineering with an Artificial Intelligence specialization.
Paramedics declared him dead at the scene a few minutes after the fall on Friday morning.
Police filed an Accidental Death report, while the incident was described as an alleged suicide.
The death occurred six days after a female student at the same university allegedly died by suicide after jumping from a hostel building on September 19.
- Who
- Hemanth Gandham, a 20-year-old fifth-semester engineering student from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
- What
- He died after allegedly jumping from the sixth floor of Marwadi University’s main building; police filed an Accidental Death report.
- Where
- Marwadi University in Rajkot, including its main building in the latest incident.
- When
- Friday morning; the previous reported student death occurred six days earlier, on September 19.
- Why
- The articles describe the latest death as an alleged suicide, but do not provide a confirmed reason.
Key facts
- Student
- Hemanth Gandham
- Age
- 20
- Course
- Fifth-semester Computer Engineering with an Artificial Intelligence specialization
- Hometown
- Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
- University
- Marwadi University, Rajkot
- Police action
- An Accidental Death report was filed
- Related incident
- A female student at the same university allegedly died by suicide on September 19
Sources
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