IIT-Roorkee student found dead, cops suspect suicide
Dehradun/Haridwar, Nov. 14 -- A 20-year-old student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has allegedly died by suicide in his hostel room, police said on Friday.
The deceased, a resident of Raj Nagar extension in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, was a second-year student in the integrated BS-MS programme in Mathematics and Computing, police said.
Police said the incident came to light around 11 pm on Thursday when fellow students knocked on his door and received no response.
SHO at Roorkee police station, Pradeep Singh Bisht, said "We reached the spot, recovered the body, and he was declared dead following an examination by university doctors." The SHO added that prima facie, it appears to be a case of suicide.
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