IIT Student found dead in his dorm room: Suicide rate among Indian men is 2.5 times higher than in women
According to news agency ANI, a fourth-year student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur was discovered dead on Tuesday in his dorm room. Read more: UGC is going to raise the amount of these fellowships: Check out the whole information. In his dorm room, the deceased, identified as K. Kiran Chandra, was discovered hanging. Chandra was a member of the institution's Electrical Engineering Department. The father of the deceased son asked, "Why is there such high level of stress among IIT students? He was under stress because of a project, according to ANI. In a statement, the institute highlighted that the student "chose the path of self-harm," and the police indicated they are looking into the situation. The tragic death of K. Kiran Chandra, a fourth-year dual degree student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, has shocked the students, staff, and faculty of IIT Kharagpur, according to a statement released by the institution. On the evening of October 17, 2023, the resident of the Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Hall of Residence made the decision to harm himself. The institute further disclosed that Kiran Chandra was in the dorm room with his two buddies an hour before he passed away. He was found hanging, and after being rushed to the BC Roy Technology Hospital, he was pronounced dead. Up till around 7:30 PM, K Kiran Chandra was in his hostel room with two other persons. The other two students later went for their academic pursuits. In the aftermath, his room was discovered to be locked from the inside by fellow LBS Hall residents at 8:30 PM. He was discovered hanging when the door was pushed open. Security personnel and other students rushed him to the BC Roy Technology Hospital. Kiran was declared dead at about 11:30 PM, despite all the medical personnel's efforts, according to the institute.