PhD student’s body found hanging in hostel room at IIT-K: Police
Hindustan TimesKANPUR A 27-year-old PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur allegedly ended her life by hanging herself from the ceiling hook in her hostel room on Thursday, said police. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} A ‘suicide note’, which held no one responsible for the extreme step, had been recovered from the room, said additional DCP Vijendra Dwivedi. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} On January 18, a 29-year-old PhD student pursuing chemical engineering had allegedly committed suicide inside her hostel room. On January 11, an M Tech second-year student allegedly hanged himself from the ceiling fan in his hostel room, reportedly after he was “temporarily” barred from continuing with his course.