The incident occurred in Musheerabad area, where one T Harish, who was pursuing a course in chartered accountancy (CA), leapt off his hostel building, a three-storey structure, this evening and died on the spot, they said.
"Two mobile phones of his room-mates had gone missing last night and someone accused him of stealing them. However, the missing phones were found this morning," a police officer said.
A case was filed by Musheerabad Police and further probe is on.