152 - A Student Commits Suicide at IIT Kanpur

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

A Student Commits Suicide at IIT Kanpur

Here is the communique we received from Director's office:

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur deeply regrets to inform the tragic and untimely death of Mr. Mahtab Ahmed (Roll No. 11397), a first year student of B. Tech in the Department of Material Science and Engineering on September 22, 2011 at around 5:00 PM.

Mr. Mahtab Ahmed was born on June 18, 1994. He was a bright student and was quiet disciplined. Mr. Mahtab Ahmed hailed from Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh. He was staying in D-307, Hall 9 in the Institute.

The entire community of the Institute, comprising students, faculty and staff members is deeply aggrieved by the unfortunate death of a young and bright student of the Institute. The entire IIT Kanpur community is by the side of the parents and family members of the departed soul in this hour of grief and extends its heartfelt condolences.

We all pray to God Almighty for bestowing peace upon the departed soul and give courage to the bereaved family members for bearing this irreparable loss.

Update on 23rd Sep: Here are links sent by Pavan (In comments, they are not clickable, hence putting them here again):

facebook page of Mahtab where he suggests that he might not live long.

Another picture from facebook page of Mahtab

138 - Students protest against suicide at IIT-K - TOI

Students protest against suicide at IIT-K

TNN Sep 27, 2011, 01.18pm IST

KANPUR: Scores of students came out on roads in Kakadeo locality in protest against the IIT-Kanpur administration over the suicidal death of Mehtab Ahmed, a BTech first-year student at the institute.

Most of the aspiring students were aspirants of Joint Entrance Exam of 2012.

During their protest, they were holding banners and placards in their hands condemning the ever-increasing cases of suicides at IIT-K.

The students also raised slogans criticising the IIT-K director and demanded a probe into the entire matter.

They alleged that ten students have committed suicide at IIT-Kanpur so far and institute's administration had done nothing about it.

The protest was led by Kilkil Sachan, a rusticated student of IIT-Kanpur. 

Meanwhile, a maths teacher of Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University, V N Pal, also staged a dharna at IIT-Kanpur gate. He was supported by nearly one dozen students. Pal said that this protest was staged to awaken the sleeping IIT-Kanpur administration over the increasing cases of suicides at the institute.

134 - Student commits suicide, says tired of IIT in note - Hindustan Times

Student commits suicide, says tired of IIT in note

IANS

Kanpur, September 23, 2011

A student of Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) was found hanging from his hostel room, police in this Uttar Pradesh town said on Friday, suspecting that he was depressed over a failed love affair.

Mahtab Ahmed, 18, a first year student of B.Tech material science and engineering from Kannauj, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his room Thursday.

While no suicide note was found, police believe Ahmed was in depression, as evident from the writing on the walls of his room.

"I am tired of IIT…What is the meaning of happiness, yet trying to get answer," wrote Ahmed on one of the walls.

"We suspect a failed love affair as one of the possible reasons... We have learnt that Mahtab was having a love affair with a girl, who was from outside the campus," a senior police officer told IANS.

"We have also come to know that Mahtab used to write poems over his relationship with the girl, who is yet to be identified," he added.

When contacted, Inspector Rajesh Kumar, who is investigating the case, said: "We are probing the case from all the angles. Love affair is also one of them."

According to IIT-K Registrar Sanjeev Kashalkar, the suicide was detected Thursday evening when Ahmed did not respond to the repeated door knocks by his friends.

"We informed the police and they broke open the door," said Kashalkar.

133 - BTech student commits suicide in IIT-Kanpur - Deccan Herald

BTech student commits suicide in IIT-Kanpur

Kanpur, Sep 22 (PTI)2011

A first year BTech student of IIT-Kanpur today allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room, the ninth such case in five years, police said.

19-year-old Mehtab Ahmed, a resident of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, hanged himself in his hostel room, they said. The reason as to why he took the extreme step was not immediately known.

The incident came to light when his friends found him hanging in his room and reported the matter to the authorities following which the warden rushed to the hostel and found him dead.

"Ahmed was a student of Material Science and Engineering and was living in Room No 307," IIT-K Director Sanjay Dhande said. The IIT-K authorities immediately constituted a four-member committee to probe the matter and reported the incident to Kalyapur police station. The committee has been asked to submit its report within a week, he said.

Dhande said Ahmed had taken admission in IIT-K just two months back. Asked if he was driven to suicide because of ragging, he said the matter was being looked into, but, prima facie it did not appear to be so.

Meanwhile, IIT-K Registrar Sanjeev Kashalkar said the boy's family members have been informed. The news of his suicide created flutter inside the campus as this was the ninth such case during the last five years.

Reply to an RTI query showed that from 2005 to 2010, two girl students and six boys of IIT-K have committed suicide. Five students committed suicide in their hostel rooms, one jumped from the roof of a building in the campus and another jumped in front of a moving train. Yet another had consumed poison.

125 - ‘Failure in paper drove IIT-K student to suicide’ - Indian Express

Posted: Sat Sep 24 2011, 02:46 hrs
Lucknow:


Depressed at having failed in a paper in his first semester exams drove IIT-Kanpur student Mahtab Ahmed to suicide, police and his father Sheikh Ahmed said on Friday.
 
A BTech first-year student of material science and engineering, Mahtab was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hostel room on Thursday evening. He left no suicide note but had scribbled a message on the wall which read, “Dear friends, I’m tired of IIT.’’
 
Mahtab’s father Sheikh Ahmed, a police sub-inspector who is in-charge of Makrandpur outpost of City Kotwali police station of Kannauj district, said that Mahtab committed suicide after failing in a paper.
 
Nobody else was responsible for his suicide; he lost courage and ended his life, said Sheikh Ahmed.
 
Kanpur SP (Rural) Arun Kumar Pandey said that no further investigation was required, as the boy had committed suicide.

However, strangely IIT-K Registrar Sanjeev S Kashalkar said they were still not aware of the reason for Mahtab’s suicide.
 
Sheikh Ahmed said Mahtab had called up his mother around noon on Thursday and told her about his poor performance in one of the papers.
 
He said that Mahtab also told his mother that he was feeling depressed for not doing well in the first semester and that he was unable to face his teachers and friends at IIT.
 
Shiekh Ahmed said Mahtab’s mother tried to calm him and told him not to lose heart and prepare for better results next time. She also asked him to call her again in the evening.


Mahtab replied that he would call her after his practical exam in the afternoon, said Ahmed. However, Mahtab did not go for the practical exam and committed suicide.
 
Ahmed said that Mahtab, who was the youngest of his three sons, was brilliant in studies and had done well so far. He had got admission in IIT about four months ago, and had never told them about any problem there.
 
Kashalkar said that the IIT-K faculty encouraged the students to share their problems, but Mahtab did not discuss anything with his teachers or friends.

124 - Muslim IIT student commited suicide

By RIZWAN KHATIK - Fri Sep 23, 6:54 am

IIT-Kanpur: A first year BTech student of IIT-Kanpur on Thursday allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room, the ninth such case in five years, police said. He left a note addressed to three of his classmates saying he was tired of IIT.

19-year-old Mehtab Ahmed, a resident of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, hanged himself in his hostel room, they said.
 
The reason as to why he took the extreme step was not immediately known.
 
The incident came to light when his friends found him hanging in his room and reported the matter to the authorities following which the warden rushed to the hostel and found him dead.
 
“Ahmed was a student of Material Science and Engineering and was living in Room No 307,” IIT-K director Sanjay Dhande said.
 
The IIT-K authorities immediately constituted a four-member committee to probe the matter and reported the incident to Kalyapur police station. The committee has been asked to submit its report within a week, he said.
 
Dhande said Ahmed had taken admission in IIT-K just two months back.
 
Asked if he was driven to suicide because of ragging, he said the matter was being looked into, but, prima facie it did not appear to be so.
 
Meanwhile, IIT-K Registrar Sanjeev Kashalkar said the boy’s family members have been informed.
 
The news of his suicide created flutter inside the campus as this was the ninth such case during the last five years.
 
Reply to an RTI query showed that from 2005 to 2010, two girl students and six boys of IIT-K have committed suicide.
Five students committed suicide in their hostel rooms, one jumped from the roof of a building in the campus and another jumped in front of a moving train. Yet another had consumed poison.

122 - IIT Kanpur student commits suicide Sakaal Times

Thursday, September 22, 2011 AT 08:29 PM (IST)
Tags: IIT student suicides,   IIT Kanpur
 
KANPUR: A first year BTech student of IIT-Kanpur today allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room, the ninth such case in five years, police said.

19-year-old Mehtab Ahmed, a resident of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, hanged himself in his hostel room, they said. The reason as to why he took the extreme step was not immediately known.

The incident came to light when his friends found him hanging in his room and reported the matter to the authorities following which the warden rushed to the hostel and found him dead. "Ahmed was a student of Material Science and Engineering and was living in Room No 307," IIT-K Director Sanjay Dhande said.

The IIT-K authorities immediately constituted a four-member committee to probe the matter and reported the incident to Kalyapur police station. The committee has been asked to submit its report within a week, he said. Dhande said Ahmed had taken admission in IIT-K just two months back. Asked if he was driven to suicide because of ragging, he said the matter was being looked into, but, prima facie it did not appear to be so. Meanwhile, IIT-K Registrar Sanjeev Kashalkar said the boy's family members have been informed. The news of his suicide created flutter inside the campus as this was the ninth such case during the last five years.

Reply to an RTI query showed that from 2005 to 2010, two girl students and six boys of IIT-K have committed suicide. Five students committed suicide in their hostel rooms, one jumped from the roof of a building in the campus and another jumped in front of a moving train. Yet another had consumed poison.

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Comments
On 23/09/2011 01:55 AM Indramani Dhada said:

We shouldn't blame the Institute for this type of suicide, rather we should make our child Morally,Ethically and Mentally strong so that they can overcome all type of stresses.Every where if there is success on the contrary there is failure also.In other words every success have so many failures with in it.So,Suicide is not the extreme step.We shouldn't quit from the situation rather facing it with patience and strength.
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First year IIT-Kanpur student hangs self - TOI
TNN Sep 23, 2011, 08.10am IST

(A BTech (first year) student of material and metallurgical engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) committed suicide on Thursday.)

KANPUR: A BTech (first year) student of material and metallurgical engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) committed suicide on Thursday.

Mehtab Ahmed (17), who hailed from Kannauj district, was found hanging in his room No D-307 of hall No IX on the campus on Thursday evening.

After hearing the news, IIT-K director Sanjay Govind Dhande, other officials and students rushed to the Mehtab's room where he used to live alone.