Overview
- Police identified the deceased as 20-year-old Vishnavi Jitesh, a third-year electronics and communications student from Bengaluru, found hanging in her hostel room late Sunday night.
- A post-mortem has been completed and Verna police say their investigation is ongoing.
- Verna police registered an unnatural-death case, and the autopsy cited death due to ligature constriction, according to officials.
- This is the sixth reported student death at the Goa campus since December 2024, with earlier cases including Rishi Nair, in whose case police reported traces of drugs.
- The institute had not issued a formal public statement as of Monday, and the issue of repeated deaths was previously discussed in the state assembly where the chief minister cited exam pressure as a factor.