Mystery shrouds death of two IIT-Bhubaneswar students

The students were identified as female student B Tajeswari and D Dinesh,a male student.

Mystery shrouds the death of two IIT-Bhubaneswar students whose bodies were found by the railway line here in the city,police said.

The students were identified as female student B Tajeswari and D Dinesh,a male student,both about 21 years of age who were first year students of IIT here and belonged to Andhra Pradesh.

While Tajeswari was a resident of Srikakulam district,Dinesh hailed from Hyderabad,Government Railway Police (GRP) said.

Their severed bodies were found by the railway line under the Satyanagar over-bridge here,GRP officer S R Kar said.

The victims,whose college bags were strapped on to their shoulders,were hit by Khurda-Kharagpur DMU train at about 5.30 PM,Kar said,adding that they stayed in a nearby hostel on other side of the railway line.

IIT-Bhubaneswar register B K Ray termed the incident as an “accident”,though the police do not subscribe to it.

“It could be a case of suicide,” a police officer investigating the matter said,adding that the students used to walk down the same road everyday.

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The bodies were sent for autopsy to Capital Hospital and their parents were informed,police said.

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