A final-year female student of Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management in Bengaluru, India has died after accidentally falling off the sixth floor of the university.
Newsbreak.ng gathered the deceased identified as Agasha Asiina who hails from Uganda was pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.
Her death sparked several rumours and questions, with some suggesting that it was a suicide, while others insist she fell accidentally after trying to reach her washed clothes that had fallen on a sheet on the sixth floor.
The tragic incident that happened on Wednesday night, April 27, triggered many students attending the university to go on protest, accusing the university management of failing to provide her timely medical help, and demanding they install safety barriers in the building.
Tragedy As Final Year Student Dies After Falling Off The Sixth Floor Of Her University
Students went berserk at the loss and vandalised the college and hostel premises, hurling stones at windows and damaging the panes, after which they had to be controlled by the police.
Agasha reportedly had a room on the seventh floor. The unfortunate incident happened when she went to get her washed clothes back from the common passage where she had hung them.
According to reports, she saw that a duppatta had fallen on the fibre sheet below and climbed onto it to retrieve the dupatta. The fibre sheet gave way and Agasha fell to her death.
On hearing a loud sound, students and the hostel guards rushed to the spot and found that Agasha was lying in a pool of blood.
Upon rushing to a nearby private hospital, Agasha was declared dead on arrival by the doctors. Police have told media that a case of negligence will be filed against the college if Agasha’s parents want to press charges, otherwise, a case of unnatural death will be registered.
Meanwhile, the family of the deceased student pledged to sue the university for recklessness.
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