Twin suicides rock IIT-Madras

July 14, 2016 08:08

In two separate incidents, a research scholar and the wife of a professor, both from the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, committed suicide on the campus on Wednesday.

Police sources said that P Maheswari (34), a post-doctoral research scholar in chemistry, was a resident of Puducherry. She was staying at the Sabarmati hostel on the campus. On Wednesday, around 4 pm, she was found hanging. Police sources said that she was married.

In another incident, G Vijayalakshmi(47), wife of Ganesan, a professor at the institute, was found hanging in their flat. The police are investigating. Both the bodies have been sent to the Government Royapettah hospital for post-mortem examination.

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