A student of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his hostel room, and police suspect he died by suicide, officials said on Thursday.
They added that the exact reason behind this extreme step remains unclear.
According to the police, the deceased, Priyanshu Sharma, was a third-year B Tech student in the civil engineering department, and a resident of Sherpura village in Sirsa district of Haryana.
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Assistant sub-inspector Vinod Kumar, the investigating officer, said Priyanshu called a friend between 6:30 pm and 7 pm on Wednesday and asked him to visit his room later in the night and said the door would be unlocked.
However, when the friend arrived at around 11:15 p.m., he found the door locked from the inside. Despite repeated blows, there was no response.
As suspicion grew, the friend alerted students in an adjacent room. Looking through an open back window, they discovered Priyanshu hanging from the ceiling fan. The police and institute authorities were immediately informed.
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The room was then opened and the deceased student was brought down, Vinod Kumar said. An autopsy was performed on his body on Thursday. The body was later handed over to his parents, who arrived at the campus early in the morning.
The officer added that no suicide note has been found from the room yet, and an investigation is underway to determine the circumstances that led to the incident.
