New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- In a tragic incident, a third-year undergraduate female student at Jadavpur University died after she fell into a lake on the campus on Monday night, Hindustan Times quoted a university staff member as saying.

The report added that the student was from the English department, who did not live in any of the on-campus hotels. She was spotted in the water around 10.30 PM when a cultural festival organised by the students was on.

"The security staff and some students got her out of the water. She was unconscious. The student was rushed to a local private medical college and hospital, where she was declared dead on arrival," HT quoted one of the staff members said, requesting anonymity.

The classmates of the deceased ...