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OUR CORRESPONDENT
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Kharagpur, July 20: An IIT Kharagpur student who failed to clear the fourth-year exams last year and fared badly this time too was found hanging in his hostel room today.
Police said they suspected Pankaj Chaudhury, a metallurgy student, had committed suicide. The 24-year-old, who hailed from Uttar Pradesh, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the Meghnad Saha Hall and Residence on the IIT campus this afternoon.
Chaudhury’s roommates said they returned from classes around 3pm and found him hanging. The door had been left open. The students informed the authorities who, in turn, called the police. The police brought Chaudhury’s body down and took him to the institute’s hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.
A police officer said Chaudhury had been “suffering from depression” as he had failed the exams last year and “done badly this time too”. His family has been informed.
The officer said no suicide note had been found. IIT officials have refused comment.
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