IIT Guwahati Mathematics faculty found dead

A faculty member of IIT Guwahati was found hanging from the ceiling fan inside the quarter of Indian Institute of Technology in Assam’s North Guwahati area, police said on Saturday.

The deceased was a faculty in the mathematics department and was identified as 47-year-old Dr Sameer Kamal.
Superintendent of police of Kamrup district Hitesh Ch. Roy said that the body was recovered from inside a room on Friday evening.

“We suspect that he allegedly committed suicide two-three days back. The body has been sent to the hospital for post-mortem,” Roy said.