A civil engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur was found dead in his hostel on Sunday. In primarily investigation it was suspected that he died by suicide. Police said the incident came to light when the college received a call from a woman.
“The door of the student’s room at Madanmohan Malviya Hall was locked from the inside. A staff member of the college informed the police after a woman called the campus office,” said police.
It was revealed that the woman had a conversation with the deceased shortly before the incident. “The caller claimed to be a resident of Delhi,” the officer said.
The deceased, a resident of Bihar, had reportedly planned to return home on Sunday. His bags were found packed, police said.
The student’s body has been sent for postmortem, and his family has been informed. The IIT Kharagpur authorities had yet to issue any statement as of Sunday afternoon.
There are two more previous student suicides from the campus this calendar year. A fourth-year student committed suicide on April 20; while a third-year undergraduate student was found dead in his hostel room on January 12.
Following the April 20 incident, IIT Kharagpur authorities rolled out barcodes on every hostel room door. Students can scan the code to get help from on-campus counselors.
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