Archive · 19 Sep 2026
Three Students Die in Separate Hostel Incidents; Suicides Suspected
Three students at different institutions died in separate hostel incidents.
At NISER Bhubaneswar, DSV Vinay died after falling from a hostel terrace.
Police said the early inquiry suggested suicide.
At Marwadi University, Alla Venkata Soubhagya Varshitha allegedly jumped from a hostel floor.
Police said no suicide note was found in that case.
At IIT Bombay, another student was found dead in his hostel room.
The institute said he had uploaded an exam paper to ChatGPT during an examination.
Police and university officials are investigating the incidents and informing the students’ families.
DSV Vinay, a third-year integrated mathematics student at NISER Bhubaneswar, died after falling from a third-floor hostel terrace on Friday evening.
Police said preliminary inquiry suggested Vinay died by suicide, while his body was sent for post-mortem examination.
At Marwadi University, 19-year-old Alla Venkata Soubhagya Varshitha allegedly fell from a 10th-floor hostel on Saturday morning.
Police said no suicide note was found in Varshitha’s case, and an accidental death case was being filed pending further investigation.
An IIT Bombay student died in his hostel room after allegedly being caught uploading an examination paper to ChatGPT for answers.
- Who
- DSV Vinay of NISER Bhubaneswar, Alla Venkata Soubhagya Varshitha of Marwadi University, and an unnamed IIT Bombay student.
- What
- Three students died in separate hostel-related incidents; suicide was suspected in the NISER case and reported in the other two cases, with investigations continuing.
- When
- Vinay died on Friday evening; Varshitha and the IIT Bombay student were reported dead on Friday or Saturday, with Varshitha’s incident occurring Saturday around 10 a.m.
- Where
- The incidents occurred at NISER Bhubaneswar, Marwadi University, and IIT Bombay’s campus in Powai.
- Why
- Police suspected suicide in Vinay’s case; no definitive reason was given for Varshitha’s death, while IIT Bombay said its student had used ChatGPT during an examination before his death.
- NISER student
- DSV Vinay, a third-year MSc Integrated Mathematics student from Nagpur, died after falling from a third-floor hostel terrace.
- NISER response
- Security guards took Vinay to the campus health centre before he was transferred to AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, where he was declared dead.
- Marwadi University student
- Alla Venkata Soubhagya Varshitha, 19, was a third-semester Artificial Intelligence and Data Science student from Andhra Pradesh.
- Marwadi incident
- Varshitha allegedly fell from the 10th floor of a hostel at about 10 a.m. on Saturday; police said no suicide note was found.
- IIT Bombay student
- An unnamed 22-year-old student was found hanging from a ceiling fan in Hostel Number 4.
- Examination detail
- IIT Bombay said the student had uploaded an examination question paper to ChatGPT to seek answers.
- Investigations
- Authorities informed the families; post-mortem and further police investigations were underway.