Overview
- A 21-year-old fourth-year BTech student collapsed on the IIT-Patna grounds Saturday around 6 a.m. after touching an iron electric pole during a cricket game.
- Power was cut after students raised the alarm, and he was rushed to Netaji Subhas Medical College, where doctors declared him dead.
- Police identified the student as Sadasivuni Harshith Patnaik of Hyderabad, though an earlier report named him as Harshit Raj.
- Officers said the pole was allegedly live when he went to retrieve the ball, and the body was sent to AIIMS Patna for a post-mortem as a forensic team collected evidence.
- IIT-Patna expressed deep sorrow, noted he had returned from Mumbai for a batch farewell, and said it is supporting his family as the investigation continues.