IIT Delhi: 21-year-old student commits suicide, hangs self to death in hostel room - Financial Express

IIT Delhi: 21-year-old student commits suicide, hangs self to death in hostel room

In another shocking case of student suicide, a 21-year-old student of Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, ended his life by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in his hostel room on Friday morning.

By: FE Online | New Delhi | Published: April 13, 2018 6:07 PM

In another shocking case of student suicide, a 21-year-old student of Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, ended his life by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in his hostel room on Friday morning.

In another shocking case of student suicide, a 21-year-old student of Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, ended his life by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in his hostel room on Friday morning. He lived in the Nilgiri Boys hostel but was a resident of Hoogli in West Bengal. The student who was in his first year in the prestigious institution and was pursuing Masters of Science in Chemistry. Although the reason behind him taking the extreme step is yet to be ascertained, it is reported that the deceased had attempted suicide earlier on April 10, 2018, by consuming sleeping pills. However, he was saved after being admitted to the Safdarjung Hospital. After this incident, his brother, Bachoo ram, stayed with him and counselled him.

The incident comes amid a string of similar incidents of IIT students committing suicide in recent times. On April 5, another 21-year-old student from IIT Bombay allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her house. It was reported that she was under severe mental pressure due to her forthcoming exams and was also undergoing treatment for depression.

Earlier in March, a student of IIT-Roorkee also committed suicide in his hostel room by hanging himself from the ceiling fan. The deceased was identified as Abhijeet Singh Bansiya. Roorkee police had reported that although no suicide note was found in his room in the campus, it was possible that the victim was grappling with depression. The students of the college said that Bansiya didn’t engage much with other students, and he could have been under depression.

With the increasing cases of suicides in IITs, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across India had geared up to take measures in 2017 to prevent such cases. The steps included parent-teacher meetings and counselling for the distressed students. 

In fact, IIT Kharagpur introduced an initiative of tree-hugging movements, whereas IIT Guwahati organised a creativity centre for students to dance, sing and play instruments to lessen the burden of studies in students.

IIT-Roorkee providing stress counselling for students - Hindustan Times

IIT-Roorkee providing stress counselling for students

Keeping in view two suicide incidents in Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in the past few months, the IIT management is providing online and direct counselling to the studentsDEHRADUN Updated: Mar 21, 2018 21:39 IST

Sandeep Rawat
Hindustan Times, Haridwar

Efforts are being made to provide stress related counselling to all the students of IIT Roorkee.(HT File)

Keeping in view two suicide incidents in Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in the past few months, the IIT management is providing online and direct counselling to the students.

The online counselling cell comprises consultants, psychologists and academic experts to guide and help resolve the issues of the students.

Last week, a B.Tech third year student, Abhijeet Singh, committed suicide in his hostel room.

Prior to that, in August last year, a science post graduate student Aman Chauhan, resident of Agra, who had been battling depression for a few months, committed suicide in the hostel.

A month later, another B.Tech first year student, Rithik Saini, went missing from IIT hostel and was later traced in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. He went into depression after the suicide of Aman Chauhan, who used to live in the adjacent hostel block.

Few years ago, an M.Tech student, Tanaji Rao Biradare, had also committed suicide in IIT hostel, who in his suicide note had written that he let his parents down as they wanted him to become a doctor.

Stress, especially studies and peer pressure, has come to light, as the major reasons for these suicidal attempts.

Named ‘Your Friend’, the counselling facility arranged by IIT is available round the clock to the students, where experts share and try to solve their problems. Through interaction, the experts try to figure out, guide and sort out the problems that lead to stress and depression among students.

According to the dean of student’s welfare, professor Anand Joshi, any student in stress, tension, dilemma or doubt can consult this online counselling, which already has become popular among students.

He added that efforts are being made to provide stress related counselling to all the students.

Apart from this online counselling, a direct counselling cell has also been put in place, which tries to solve and guide students suffering from depression.

So far, general problems associated with students coming for counselling, are related to academics, low self confidence, emotional stress, peer pressure, family issues, financial problems, decision regarding career, homesickness, drug-tobacco-alcohol addiction, loneliness, anxiety and time management.

IIT Roorkee Student Kills Self, Police Suspect Role Of Blue Whale Challenge

IIT Roorkee Student Kills Self, Police Suspect Role Of Blue Whale Challenge

Abhijeet Singh Vansia's death has led to the speculation that he may have committed suicide as part of the banned online game Blue Whale Challenge

• Rakesh Jha
• Mar 17, 2018

A 21-year-old student of IIT Roorkee was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his hostel room on March 15. Abhijeet Singh Vansia’s death has led to the speculation that he may have committed suicide as part of the banned online game Blue Whale Challenge.

After questioning other students, police said that they have come to know that many students in the college are addicted to these deadly online games and that may have prompted Abhijit to take the extreme step.

According to Times of India, police did not find any suicide note and were scrambling for clues as Abhijit was described as a good student by his teachers and did not appear to be under stress. Abhijit did not have any financial or family issues either, the police added.

Inspector Sadhna Tyagi, who’s investigating the case said:

“One of the students has told us that many in the hostel were addicted to playing suicide games online. He also mentioned a game called ’30 ways of suicide.”

The Blue Whale game caught attention after a teenage boy from Mumbai, suspected to be one of the gamer, jumped off the building.

In the game, the participants are given a series of task to complete daily for a period of 50 days, which ends with their death.

According to Indian Express, The notorious online game has allegedly pushed three teenagers into committing suicide in India while two were rescued before they could take the extreme step.

The number of suicides across Russia and the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan where the game is in rage is reported to be over 130

IIT-Roorkee student found dead in hostel room - Scroll.In

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IIT-Roorkee student found dead in hostel room

A police official said that many students were fond of playing an online suicide game.

A 21-year-old student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee was found dead in his hostel room on Wednesday evening, The Indian Express reported on Thursday. Abhijeet Singh Bansiya was found hanging from a ceiling fan, the police said.

Roorkee’s Civil Lines police station house officer Sadhna Tyagi said that Bansiya could have been suffering from depression. “The students of the college said that he did not engage much with others,” she said.

The Times of India quoted Tyagi as saying that many students in the hostel were “addicted to an online suicide game”. “One of the students mentioned a game called 30 ways of suicide,” she said.

No suicide note has been found in the deceased’s room. The institute’s dean of students’ welfare, Professor Anand Joshi, reportedly declined to reply to queries from the The Times of India on the incident.

Bansiya’s family reached the hostel on Thursday to take his body to their home in Gujarat, The Indian Express said.

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Student commits suicide at IIT-Roorkee - Indian Express

Student commits suicide at IIT-Roorkee

While no suicide note was found in the third year student's hostel room, Station House Officer of Roorkee's Civil Lines police station, Sadhna Tyagi, said that the preliminary enquiry suggests that Bansiya could have been grappling with depression.

 Bansiya’s family reached the college on Thursday to take the body back to home in Gujarat. (Representational Image)By: Express News Service | Dehradun | Updated: March 15, 2018 9:33 pm

A 21-year-old engineering student committed suicide by allegedly hanging himself from a ceiling fan in a room at IIT-Roorkee’s boys hostel on Wednesday evening, police said.

The deceased student has been identifies as Abhijeet Singh Bansiya. While no suicide note was found in the third year student’s hostel room, Station House Officer of Roorkee’s Civil Lines police station– Sadhna Tyagi– said that the preliminary enquiry suggests that Bansiya could have been grappling with depression.

“The students of the college said that he (Bansiya) didn’t engage much with other students… he could have been under depression,” Tyagi said.

While the college authorities didn’t respond to calls from The Indian Express, Tyagi said, “Each year, atleast one or two cases of suicide are reported from IIT-Roorkee.”

Bansiya’s family reached the college on Thursday to take the body back to home in Gujarat.

IIT-Roorkee student commits suicide - TNN

IIT-Roorkee student commits suicide

TNN | Updated: Mar 15, 2018, 13:31 IST

DEHRADUN/ROORKEE: A 21-year-old student of IIT-Roorkee committed suicide in his hostel room by hanging himself from the ceiling fan on Wednesday.

Circle officer Roorkee, Swapn Kishore Singh, said, “The deceased has been identified as Abhijit Singh Bansiya, a third year BTech student from Surat, Gujarat. The family members have been informed about the incident and they are on the way to Roorkee.” 

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He added that the reason behind the suicide is yet to be ascertained. “We will talk to the staff, students and family members to know what prompted the student to take the extreme step,” he said.

Dean (students welfare), Anand Joshi, said, “We cannot comment on the reason behind the death now, police are carrying out investigation.”

Abhijit’s friends said that he was seen last time around 2pm on Wednesday.