He hailed from a peasant family
25 October 2018, 11:21 am
Midnapore: An engineering student has been found hanging in his hostel room at IIT Kharagpur. He hailed from Andhra Pradesh and it is assumed that he has committed suicide.
Deceased Gangireddy Hanimi Reddy (24) had taken admission into electrical engineering course at the IIT in July last year and made it to the second year in mid this year. He had been lodging in the Madan Mohan Malviya Hostel located on the campus.
Some of his co-boarders last night noticed that Reddy’s room was bolted from inside for a long time. This made them knock on the door repeatedly but that did not elicit a response.
Following this, they alerted the hostel superintendent. The authorities, in turn, informed Kharagpur police station. A police team came, broke open the door and found Reddy hanging from the ceiling fan. Police sent the body for post-mortem.
Reddy’s classmates and the police suspect that he has ended his life due to depression. Albeit, it is not clear at this point as to what was it that pushed the young student into suicidal depression. No suicide note has also been found in his room.
IIT Kharagpur authorities have informed his family back in Andhra Pradesh about the unfortunate incident. Sources said that Reddy’s family members have left for Kharagpur early this morning. His father, Gangireddy Venkata Reddy, is a farmer.
