In an official statement concerning the student’s passing, the institute revealed that a police investigation is currently in progress.
Kharagpur: A student in the fourth year of the electrical engineering department at IIT Kharagpur was found dead in the hostel room on Wednesday. The latest case comes at a time when the country is seeing in alarming rise in student suicides with authorities mulling changes in the system to ease the burden on students.
The deceased student’s father also raised questions on the increasing stress among students and said that his son was stressed because of a project.
“Why is there so much stress among students in IIT? He was stressed due to a project,” the deceased student’s father said while speaking to ANI.
The deceased student, K Kiran Chandra, was found hanging in his secured room. The family was notified on Wednesday and has since arrived on the campus. He was living in the Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hall of Residence at the IIT Kharagpur campus.
What IIT Kharagpur Said
In an official statement concerning the student’s passing, the institute revealed that a police investigation is currently in progress.
“The students, staff, and faculty members of IIT Kharagpur express their profound shock and sorrow at the unexpected passing of K Kiran Chandra, a fourth-year dual-degree student in the Department of Electrical Engineering,” the release said.
The statement said that until approximately 7:30 pm, Chandra was in the company of two roommates within their hostel room. Following this, the two other students departed for academic engagements.
Later, at around 8:30 pm, other residents of the LBS Hall noticed that Chandra’s room was locked from the inside. They forcibly opened the door, only to discover him hanging.
“Security personnel and fellow students promptly transported him to the B C Roy Technology Hospital. Despite the dedicated efforts of the medical team, Kiran was pronounced deceased at approximately 11:30 pm.”
