Two women commit suicide in IIT Madras

Two women have committed suicide in IIT Madras in less than 24 hours in separate incidents. One of them has been identified as P Maheshwari (34), a post-doctoral fellow at IIT Madras. The other woman G Vijayalakshmi (47), is reportedly wife of a professor.

P Maheshwari, a



resident of Sabarmathi hostel, was found hanging in her room on Wednesday evening by her hostel mates. She was married and has a six-year-old son.

G Vijayalakshmi was spotted hanging by her family and the time of her death is not clear at the time of filing of this report.