IIM-A student hangs self on eve of mgmt fest

IIM-A student hangs self on eve of mgmt fest 

Bhukya Was A Brilliant Student: Batchmates 

TIMES NEWS NETWORK 26.09.2024 

Ahmedabad : A second-year PGP student at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) hanged himself in his hostel room at the B-school’s new campus in Vastrapur on Thursday. Police investigators believe stress may have been the likely cause behind the suicide even as the incident is being probed further. According to Vastrapur police, the deceased, Akshith Bhukya, 24, a native of Warangal in Telangana, was found hanging in his hostel room around 10.45am. Following his death, the IIM-A authorities declared The Red Brick Summit (TRBS), a premier management conclave, cancelled. Bhukya was the primary coordinator for the prestigious threeday event, scheduled to begin on Sep 27. 

“Prima facie, we do not suspect any foul play in the incident. The investigation so far indicates that Bhukya was possibly under stress due to the TRBS that was scheduled to begin on Friday. This is just the preliminary detail, and we are further investigating if he suffered from depression or if there was any other issue at play,” said Himanshu Kumar Verma, DCP, Zone-1. 

Verma said that Bhukya’s parents have been informed about the incident. They were expected to reach Ahmedabad on Thursday night. V D Mori, in-charge inspector of Vastrapur police, said that Bhukya was coordinating for the Red Brick Summit and had last spoken to a friend around 10am on Thursday. “After talking to his friend, he went to his room around 10.30am. When calls made by his friends went unanswered, they came to check on him and knocked on the door of his room. When they received no response, they entered his room through the window and found him hanging by a rope,” Mori said. 

 “His friends told us that he was the lead coordinator for the summit and was under stress,” Mori added. The nature of stress, however, is being investigated. “We have registered a case of accidental death. The body has been sent to Sola Civil Hospital for postmortem,” Mori said. Bhukya’s LinkedIn profile mentions that he was a BTech graduate in computer science from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. He worked as a software developer for more than a year in Hyderabad before joining the IIM-A in 2023. Earlier this year, he interned at S&P Global in Hyderabad. He was in the second year of the Post Graduate Programme (PGP), the flagship MBA course of IIM-A. Bhukya was set to graduate next year. Details about his placement could not be ascertained.