Chennai: Two women were found dead inside Indian Institute of Technology, Madras campus on Wednesday night.
One of the victim is a research scholar and the second victim is the wife of a professor.
According to the police, the professor's wife had attempted suicide earlier.
A 34-year-old woman research scholar allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room today, police said.
P Maheswari's body was found hanging in her hostel room, police said, adding the motive behind her taking the extreme step was being probed.
Officials claimed that personal reasons could be the motive in both the cases.
Kotturpuram Police has registered a case of suspicious death under Section 174 of CrPC.
Condoling the scholar's death, IIT-M announced full cooperation to officials in the case.
IIT-M had witnessed suicide of two students in September and October 2015.
(With additional information from PTI)
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