An 18-year-old student of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building located on the campus on Sunday, police said.

The deceased, who hailed from Ahmedabad, was a first-year B.Tech (Chemical) student. The incident came to light after security guards on the campus spotted the youth lying in a pool of blood, a cop said.