IIT Madras: Two Women Allegedly Commit Suicide Within 3 Hours

Madras: The wife of a professor and a research scholar were found hanging in their rooms at the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Madras campus on Wednesday. According to the police both women 34-year-old post-doctoral scholar P Maheswari and 47-year-old Vijaya Lakshmi - committed suicide. Vijaya Lakshmi, wife of Physics teacher in the institute was found hanging at the family's room inside the campus around 4 pm on Wednesday.

With in three hours P Maheswari was found hanging in her hostel room. She had been married for 12 years and has a son. Police said she was reportedly "depressed" and had attempted to kill herself earlier as well. “IIT, Madras, reports with deep sadness the death of a post-doctoral research scholar in the campus. The scholar’s family has been informed. The institute is taking necessary action and extending full cooperation to civil authorities,” it said in a statement. IIT-M had witnessed suicide of two students in September and October last year.