Guwahati: A student was found hanging in his hostel room at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, police said on Monday.
The student, identified as Gudla Mahesh Sai Raj, was 20 years old and a resident of Andhra Pradesh.
He was a fifth-semester B Tech student in computer science and engineering and is alleged to have committed suicide on Sunday due to ”mental pressure”, according to police.
Investigations are on to ascertain the exact cause of the death, an official of the Amingaon police station reportedly said.
The body has been sent for postmortem and will be handed to the family after that.
IITG in a statement claimed the body of a young man was found in one of the hostel buildings and has been “identified as a former student of the institute”.
According to an IIT source, the student was terminated from his course due to “poor academic performance”.
The family has been notified by the institution, and they have arrived on campus, according to the statement. IIT Guwahati also extended its sincere sympathies to the family at this time of profound grief.
“We will cooperate with the police investigation and will also commission an internal investigation on this matter”, the statement added.
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