IIT-Kharagpur student found hanging in hostel room, suicide suspected

KOLKATA: A fourth-year student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in West Bengal was found dead in his hostel room late on Tuesday, police said.

Police said the student’s family has not indicated the possibility of foul play in the death (Photo: /inup.iitkgp.ac.in)

The student was a fourth-year dual degree student of electrical engineering from Telangana.

A statement by IIT Kharagpur said the student was with his two roommates in their hostel room at about 7:30pm. The other two students later left for academic activities. At about 8:30pm, some other residents of the hostel, Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall of Residence, found his room locked from inside. “The door was forced open and he was found hanging,” said the statement.