M. Raghavendra Rao, third year B.Tech student in IIT-Madras from Hyderabad died in his Godavari Hostel Room No. 417. Yesterday was Raghavendra Rao’s birthday where in his friends made him even to cut a cake. His joy did not last long as just below an hour he swooned in his room by cardiac arrest.
Although his friends rushed him to the near by hospital, but he was declared as brought dead. The body of Raghavendra Rao was handed over to his uncle and his parents flew to Chennai yesterday afternoon.
Raghavaendra Rao was known to be suffering with respiratory illness from a long time but this sudden death is unexpected, said his friends as a dark gloom surrounded IIT-Madras yesterday.