IIT-Madras PhD student dies by suicide, third case this year
A PhD student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, died by suicide in his room in Tamil Nadu's Velachery, police said on Sunday.
An engineering student, who was 21-year-old, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel room in the Hyderabad campus of BITS Pilani.
According to the reports, Raghav Shantaram hailed from Chennai and he was a third-year student of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE).
The student was reportedly found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room by a friend at around 1:45 pm today, Jawaharnagar Police Station Inspector V V Chalapathi told PTI.
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“Raghav went to his room yesterday after watching a cricket match. This afternoon, one of his friends knocked on the door but there was no response. When the door was broke open, he was found hanging from the ceiling fan. He had used a blanket. No suicide note was found,” the police official said. “His parents have been informed. Some of his friends have told police that he had failed in one subject. It is not clear if this was the cause,” the Inspector said.
He added that a case had been registered and further investigations were underway.
(With PTI inputs)
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