Student falls to death at Hyderabad university campus

Hyderabad, Aug 12: A 19-year-old student of University of Hyderabad had a fatal fall when she was talking over the cellphone while walking on the terrace of a building under constructionon the university campus on Sunday. The victim was identified as MohiniMishra, II year student of Integrated Master of Arts (Linguistics) course at the University of Hyderabad. Mohini was the daughter of Vijay Kumar Mishra from Lucknow.

At 2.30 am, Mohini along with seven of her friends, including three girls and four boys, all students of the university, were having a party on the fourth floor of the under-construction hostel building on the south campus of the University of Hyderabad

According to Chandanagar police, Mohini used to stay at Ladies Hostel VIII and she along with other girl students came to south campus to join in a class get together to discuss about the arrangements for the upcoming fresher's party.

The eight-member group had gone to an under-construction building nearby and the youngsters started discussing about the arrangements they had to make. There were snacks and some group members had also consumed liquor, but Mohini did not, Chandanagar sub-inspector B James Babu said.

While the students were having fun, Mohini excused herself from the group to attend a phone call. While talking over the phone, Mohini accidentally went to the edge of the terrace and fell from there, the SI said.

Mohini suffered multiple injuries in the accident and with the assistance of university administration, her friends immediately rushed her to a corporate hospital in Jubilee Hills. Mohini succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at 3.45 pm.

After recording the statements of all the students, who were with Mohini when the incident happened, police ruled out a conspiracy angle. "All her friends, who were at the spot, said that it was an accident. We have sent the body to mortuary and informed her family members," Chandanagar inspector N Venkateshwarlu said. A case was registered under section 174 (Suspicious death) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).

Some student leaders protested on Sunday morning demanding that the administration guard the under-construction buildings on the campus. "The administration should place security guards in front of these buildings to prevent such incidents from happening," S Harinath, a student leader, said.