Karnal, April 10 -- A 22-year-old student of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room at hostel number 8, with police suspecting he died by suicide, officials said on Thursday. The exact cause behind the extreme step remains unclear, they added. This is the third-such unnatural death at the institute in three months and the second in the last eight days.

According to police, the deceased was a third-year B Tech student in the civil engineering department, and a resident of Sherpura village in Sirsa district.

Assistant sub-inspector Vinod Kumar, the investigating officer, said the deceased had contacted a friend between 6.30 pm and 7 pm on Wednesday, asking him to visit his room...