India, Feb. 5 -- A 21-year-old civil engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) died by suicide in the early hours on Wednesday.

CCTV cameras captured the student waiting on the terrace of a nine-storeyed hostel building for nearly ten minutes before he jumped off at 1.17am. He was rushed to Rajawadi Hospital where he was declared brought dead.

The student, who hailed from Rajasthan, was good in studies but was suffering from depression and had sought help earlier from the Student Wellness Center (SWC) on campus, police officers familiar with the matter said.

A relative of the deceased, too claimed that he had been depressed lately. "The family is well-to-do and everybody is well-educated. It is a very un...