India, Aug. 2 -- A 22-year-old student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay was found dead in the Powai campus on Saturday morning, with preliminary investigations suggesting death by suicide, police said.

The Metallurgical and Materials Engineering student from Delhi reportedly jumped off the 10th-floor terrace of his hostel building. "The incident was reported at 2.30 am by the hostel authorities after they found him," deputy commissioner of police (zone 10) Datta Nalawade said.

He was taken to Rajawadi Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

The Powai police have registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) and are investigating the matter.

Police are recording statements of his hostel mates and teaching ...