34 - Dec 2007 - -Bombay PhD student kills self- TOI

TNN, Aug 12, 2007, 01.32am IST
MUMBAI: Barely six hours after steel baron Lakshmi Mittal, speaking at IIT-Powai, said IITians were synonymous with success, a 27-year-old PhD student from the institute committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel room on Friday night.

 Bal Krishna Gupta , who came from Kanpur, was registered with the department of inorganic chemistry last year. This is the fourth case of suicide by a student at IIT-Powai in the last four years.

Gupta left behind three notes in his hostel room, addressed to his parents and brothers. The notes gave a list of persons who owed him money and those he had borrowed from, along with their contact details. He did not blame anyone for his death though.

Powai police, who registered a case, said the motive was not clear. On Friday night, a friend called Gupta for dinner but he declined. This was the last time a fellow hosteler spoke to him.

"On Saturday morning, his friends called him for breakfast but there was no response from his room. They then headed towards the laboratory, not imagining that something could have gone wrong," said zonal deputy police commissioner K M M Prasanna.

After finishing their lab work, Gupta's friends once again went to his room to call him for lunch. This time too he did not respond, arousing their suspicion.

Gupta's friends then called other hostelers and broke open the door. They found him hanging from the ceiling fan. The boys immediately informed the authorities who later informed the Powai police around 3.30 pm. The body was taken to the Rajawadi post mortem centre for an autopsy.

In one of the suicide notes, he asked his parents' forgiveness. The note stated, "I wanted to be your good son. Now I'm going", an investigating officer said.

Amardeep (BHILAI )
12 Aug, 2007 01:25 PM
A student with his extra ordinary talent made him get through in this type institute. Do you think, it is this quality which forces them to do such things or some thing else. Which was happened but not specified let me clear, in my opinion factor is little bit twisted ... it may be the money factor...but also the environment in which IIT ians live...not only IITians but also other students...In my opinion, major reasons would be...*Bad performance in exams...if he/she good at academics then it will depress him ultimately...*pressure of professors is also may b one of the factors...*Another & important for youth. is fall in desperate love & ultimately....* Pressure from family for better result.... If anybody fined another reasons specify it.In my opinion all above are possible ...So that one must think over the factors that I have included...Enjoy every section of life but leaving this last section.

32 - 12th August 2007 - IIT student commits suicide - Mid Day

Date:  2007-8-12

Balkrishna Gupta hangs himself to death. Online, he described himself as bad, ugly and dangerous

Balkrishna Gupta, the IITian, who allegedly hanged himself in his hostel room on Saturday, seemed to be in a disturbed state of mind. He had described himself as a bad, ugly and dangerous person on Orkut.com, the social networking site.

Gupta (27), a Ph D (Chemistry) student of IIT, Mumbai, further described himself as being passionate about knowledge and believed in hard work. He states that he could not live without air, water, food, his pet and parents. However, he felt that his looks were like mirror cracking material.

Gupta, who hailed from Kanpur, was found hanging inside room number 129 of hostel number 12. He left a note saying he was taking the extreme step due to personal reasons and added that no one else was responsible for it, police said.

This is the second case of an IIT student committing suicide on the campus in the last one year. Earlier, Shrikant Mullapa (21), a student of Electrical Engineering, IIT Mumbai, had committed suicide by hanging himself, in January.

31 - 12th August 2007 - Mumbai: IIT student commits suicide- Rediff

August 12, 2007 00:25 IST

An Indian Institute of Technology student allegedly committed suicide on Saturday by hanging himself in his hostel room, police said.
Balkrishna Gupta, who hailed from Kanpur, was found hanging inside room number 129 of hostel number 12 in IIT's sprawling campus located in North West Mumbai's Powai, they said.

Gupta, who was pursuing his Phd at the prestigious institute, left a note saying he was taking the extreme step due to some personal reasons and added that no one else was responsible for it, they added.

His exact age, however, was not immediately known

30 - 11th August 2007 - IIT Powai student commits suicide - Financial Express

Posted: Saturday, Aug 11, 2007 at 0000 hrs IST

Mumbai, August 11:: An IIT student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel room, police said.
Balkrishna Gupta, who hailed from Kanpur, was found hanging inside room number 129 of hostel number 12 in IIT's sprawling campus located in North West Mumbai's Powai, they said.

Gupta, who was pursuing his Phd at the prestigious institute, left a note saying he was taking the extreme step due to some personal reasons and added that no one else was responsible for it, they added.

His exact age, however, was not immediately known.

This is the second case of an IIT student committing suicide inside the campus in the last one year.

29 - 11th August 2007 - IIT Powai student commits suicide- Express India

Posted: Aug 11, 2007 at 1632 hrs IST

An IIT student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel room, police said.
Balkrishna Gupta, who hailed from Kanpur, was found hanging inside room number 129 of hostel number 12 in IIT's sprawling campus located in North West Mumbai's Powai, they said.

Gupta, who was pursuing his Phd at the prestigious institute, left a note saying he was taking the extreme step due to some personal reasons and added that no one else was responsible for it, they added.

His exact age, however, was not immediately known.

This is the second case of an IIT student committing suicide inside the campus in the last one year.