PeterGriffin
Elite
Madhuri Sale, 22, a fourth-year civil engineering student of IIT-K from Andhra Pradesh, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her hostel room on the campus on Wednesday. This is the fourth suicide in IIT-K in the last two years.
The incident came to light in the evening when other hostel residents did not get any response despite knocking at the door of Madhuri's room several times. Students then informed the IIT-K security officials who passed on the information to the institute's director Sanjay Govind Dhande.
As the door was bolted from inside, security personnel had to break into the room. Madhuri used a rope to hang herself, police said. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination. "It seems to be a case of suicide but it is difficult to say exactly what led to it since no suicide note was recovered from the spot," said Lakshmi Niwas Mishra, Circle Officer, Kalyanpur.
"Madhuri had shown no sign of being depressed as per her batch mates. She was a meritorious student," said the IIT-K director. A panel comprising of Prof Omkar Dikshit, Prof AK Ghosh and Prof Mukesh Sharma has been formed to probe into the matter and submit report within five days. Madhuri belonged to AP's Nalgonda district.
The incident came to light in the evening when other hostel residents did not get any response despite knocking at the door of Madhuri's room several times. Students then informed the IIT-K security officials who passed on the information to the institute's director Sanjay Govind Dhande.
As the door was bolted from inside, security personnel had to break into the room. Madhuri used a rope to hang herself, police said. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination. "It seems to be a case of suicide but it is difficult to say exactly what led to it since no suicide note was recovered from the spot," said Lakshmi Niwas Mishra, Circle Officer, Kalyanpur.
"Madhuri had shown no sign of being depressed as per her batch mates. She was a meritorious student," said the IIT-K director. A panel comprising of Prof Omkar Dikshit, Prof AK Ghosh and Prof Mukesh Sharma has been formed to probe into the matter and submit report within five days. Madhuri belonged to AP's Nalgonda district.
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