IIT-Madras student commits suicide inside hostel room

  • IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,January 29 2019]

A PG student of IIT-Madras allegedly committed suicide inside his hostel room on Monday.

A first-year student, Gopal Babu from Uttar Pradesh, who was pursuing his M.Tech programme from the institute was found dead in his room in the Brahmaputra hostel. The police were informed about the same on Monday night. The reason for his suicide is yet to be known. The body of the deceased has been sent for post-mortem, according to a senior police officer.

A 25-year-old woman research scholar from Jharkhand was found hanging in her hostel room at IIT-M on the eve of New Year 2019. A final year student of oceanography from Kerala was also found hanging inside his hostel room at the institute in September last year.