Missing IIT-H student found dead in Visakapatnam

The Sangareddy Rural Police traced his mobile phone signals to Visakhapatnam, where CCTV visuals showed him roaming near the beach on July 19.

Sangareddy: The body of Karthik, 21, who was reported missing from the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) campus on July 17, was found dead on the Visakhapatnam beach.

The Sangareddy Rural Police said it was suspected to be a case of suicide. Since his phone was switched off after the morning of July 19, when he was last captured on a CCTV camera near the beach, the police said he was suspected to have died by suicide by jumping into the sea the same morning.

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The Visakapatnam police found the body on July 20 when it washed ashore and the body was kept at the King George Hospital morgue in Visakhapatnam since then.

The B-Tech (Mechanical) second year student was a native of Water Tank Thanda in Miryalaguda in Nalgonda. His parents had lodged a complaint at Sangareddy Rural Police Station on July 19.

During the investigation, the police traced his mobile phone signals to Visakhapatnam, where CCTV visuals showed him roaming near the beach at 2.30 am on July 19. The police along with Karthik’s family members reached Visakhapatnam on Monday, after which the body was identified as that of Karthik by his parents.

The parents left for their village with the body for the final rites. Since Karthik had some backlogs in his first year, relatives said he might have taken the extreme step worrying over the examinations.