A 21-year-old IIT-Kharagpur student was found dead on campus in a suspected suicide, prompting a police investigation and cooperation from institute officials.
The body of a 21-year-old student of IIT-Kharagpur was found in a pool of blood on the campus on Saturday, with police suspecting that he might have jumped from the eighth floor of a hostel building.
The deceased has been identified as Jaiveer Singh Doriya, a third-year engineering student from Ahmedabad.
Police said his body was spotted by campus security personnel near the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hall in the morning, and they alerted the institute authorities.
The student was rushed to the BC Roy Hospital, where doctors declared him dead, an official said.
Preliminary investigation suggests that the student may have jumped from the eighth floor of a hostel building, a police officer said, adding the exact cause of death would be ascertained after post-mortem.
IIT-Kharagpur officials said they are cooperating with the investigation. "The matter is under inquiry, and all necessary steps are being taken in coordination with the police," an official of the institute said.