Student found death at IIT-Guwahati

A fourth-year BTech student of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) was found dead in his hostel room on Monday afternoon.

This is the second such death on the IIT-G campus in the last one month. On December 10, a faculty member was found hanging on the institute’s campus here in North Guwahati.

The office of IIT-G director has not yet revealed the name of the student, citing Supreme Court guidelines.

Even as a magisterial probe is on, sources in IIT-G said the student was found dead under mysterious conditions in his singlebed room in Dihing hostel. “He was found dead in his bed and was lying in a normal position.

The door was open at the time of recovery of the body,” said an IIT-G official. Kamrup SP Hitesh Roy said the autopsy will be done on Tuesday.