
28-year-old PhD student found dead at IIT Kanpur, suicide suspected: Report
Hindustan TimesA 28-year-old PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur was found hanging from a ceiling hook in an apparent suicide on Thursday, news agency PTI reported, citing police sources. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} According to the PTI report, Pragati Kharya, a PhD student in Earth Sciences from Kanpur's Sanigawan, allegedly took her own life in her hostel room at hall number 4 during the intervening night, with the incident coming to light on Thursday afternoon. Assistant Commissioner of Police Abhishek Pandey was quoted as saying, “After receiving information about the suicide, police quickly arrived at the scene and found that the door of Pragati's room was locked from the inside.” {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} He added, “After forcing the door open, they discovered the woman's body hanging from the ceiling fan.” The police further mentioned that a forensic team was called in to collect evidence. Previous suicide cases in IIT Kanpur On January 18, a 29-year-old PhD student, Priyanka Jaiswal, who was studying Chemical Engineering, reportedly took her own life inside her locked hostel room.
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